Tennessee v. Garner - Criminal Justice Worksheet and Answer Key

Crenshaw Criminal Justice Learning Tools Worksheets are designed to be an effective tool in the ongoing effort to encourage students to remain engaged with the information they are learning. The worksheets provided will: 1) Help students identify an underlying big picture, 2) Differentiate instruction, 3) Focus students’ attention, 4) Deliver and summarize content efficiently, and 5) Connect new information to previously covered material.

This worksheet teaches students about TENNESSEE v. GARNER, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), a civil case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that, under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, the officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others."