The "Totality of the Circumstances Test" Established in Illinois V

question 29

Multiple Choice

The "totality of the circumstances test" established in Illinois v.Gates:

• A)requires that prior reliability be established for each person who provided facts included in the application for a search warrant.
• B)allows judges to use information from both police and other people when deciding whether or not to issue a search warrant.
• C)allows judges to look at all of the facts when issue a search warrant rather than requiring that informants be shown to be previously tested for reliability.
• D)allows judges to issue a search warrant if all the facts indicate criminal activity even though the police have not determined what crime is involved.

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Definitions:

Simple Random Samples

A subset of a statistical population in which each member of the subset has an equal probability of being chosen.

Population Size

The total number of individuals or units in the population being studied.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that describes a characteristic of an entire population.

Sample Statistic

A sample characteristic, such as a sample mean x, a sample standard deviation s, a sample proportion p, and so on. The value of the sample statistic is used to estimate the value of the corresponding population parameter.