If Your Home or Business Is Searched Unlawfully, Any Items

question 26

Multiple Choice

If your home or business is searched unlawfully, any items obtained during that unlawful search could be excluded as evidence in a criminal trial because of the ________.

• A) Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule
• B) Constitutional common law
• C) Fifth Amendment's right to privacy
• D) common law

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Definitions:

Sperling

Best known for his research on the capacity and duration of human visual memory, particularly through his partial report technique.

Sensory Memory

The capacity to hold sensory information impressions briefly after the initial stimuli are gone, representing the most fleeting aspect of memory.

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where old memories hinder the recall of newly acquired information.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which allows retention of impressions of sensory information after the original stimulus has ceased.