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genevieve1028

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The Supreme Court's decision in Weeks v. U.S. in 1914 is significant because it:
 
  a. began the Fourth Amendment's annexation of the exclusionary rule.
  b. held that the exclusionary rule applies to state court criminal proceedings.
  c. recognized that illegally seized evidence should not be used in federal court criminal proceedings andthereby brought the United States into conformance with the practice in most European countries.
 d. permitted law enforcement officers to be sued if they conducted searches in a manner that violated theFourth Amendment.

Question 2

The 1961 case that reversed Wolf v Colorado and made the states follow the exclusionary rule was:
 
  a. Terry v Ohio
  b. Mapp v Ohio
  c. Mapp v Weeks
  d. Miranda v. Arizona



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b



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