In Nix VWilliams, the Supreme Court Ruled That Illegally Obtained Evidence Could

question 33

Multiple Choice

In Nix v.Williams, the Supreme Court ruled that illegally obtained evidence could be used in a criminal trial if the government could demonstrate that

• A)the government did not act out of malice.
• B)the defendant was aware that the government was investigating him or her.
• C)the evidence would have inevitably been found by the police in the normal course of their investigation.
• D)the search is conducted by state rather than federal officials.
• E)the evidence was verified by an independent testing laboratory.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

A defense mechanism is a psychological strategy used unconsciously to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Displacement

A defense mechanism where an individual redirects emotional or physical responses from the intended target to another, often less threatening, target.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect oneself from anxiety or unacceptable thoughts and feelings.

Projection

In psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism of attributing to somebody else a thought or impulse one fears in oneself.