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Officer Santiago and Abrams go to Laura Intam’s home. They h…

Officer Santiago and Abrams go to Laura Intam’s home. They have a warrant to arrest Intam on suspicion of murder. They enter the home and discover Intam in the first room they enter. This room is on the first floor of the house. Officer Santiago formally arrests Intam and places her in handcuffs. Officer Abrams holsters his gun and comments that this was the easiest arrest he has ever made. Abrams also expressed surprise that Intam was home alone because he knew Intam lived with her young children. At that point Abrams went room to room looking around. On the second floor he discovered a handgun sitting on a cabinet in Intam’s bedroom. At trial Intam moves to suppress the gun. The trial court should:

Arthur Dent suffered bouts of mental illness. He was diagnos…

Arthur Dent suffered bouts of mental illness. He was diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and experienced auditory and visual hallucinations. The auditory hallucinations were command hallucinations, that is, the voices he heard ordered him to do things. While suffering from these hallucinations he might appear quite normal, oriented to time and space although he might also appear subdued or agitated. During one of these periods he became convinced that he was compelled by the evil space construction supervisor Vogon Jeltz to follow his directions or the world would be destroyed to make way for a space highway. Following this command Dent walked into the Fifth Precinct police station and told the desk sergeant that five years ago he murdered his friend Ford Prefect, incinerated the remains and sprinkled the ashes in the garden. The sergeant was understandably astounded. He asked Dent to sit down and he proceeded to ask him questions about the crime. Dent appeared coherent and rational. He provided details of the event and at the conclusion of his account the sergeant said “Well, I’m going to have to arrest you.” Dent was placed in a cell and 15 minutes later Detective Zaphod arrived and told Dent he wanted to ask him some questions. He read Dent his Miranda warnings and asked if he was willing to waive his rights. Dent said “Yes, I am here to do Vogon’s will.” He then answered questions and again confessed to killing Prefect. At the hearing to suppress both of the statements, uncontradicted expert testimony demonstrated that, at the time he spoke to both officers, Dent was in a psychotic state and suffering from serious mental illness. The experts explained the existence of the command hallucinations and that the hallucinations impacted Dent’s volitional abilities and rendered him unable to make free and rational choices. They also testified that he was so detached from reality that he could not understand the Miranda rights. The trial court should:

A physical therapist is working on lower extremity range of…

A physical therapist is working on lower extremity range of motion to prevent contractures with a new patient who sustained a severe TBI. The patient is physically dependent and unable to verbalize or communicate purposefully at this time. While attempting to stretching the right hamstring, the patient begins to posture with upper extremity flexion, lower extremity extension, grind their teeth. The therapist notes a sudden increase in tone as well as an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. This patient is MOST LIKELY experiencing which of the following?