Exam 2: Arrest, search and Seizure

All of the following are exceptions to the search warrant requirement,except

The standard that law enforcement must show to justify an arrest is

Police stake out Carl's house because they suspect that he is growing marijuana under special lights in his basement.They have a special camera that allows them to read the heat signature of these special lights.Carl's basement shows that such lights are being used.Do they have sufficient probable cause for a search?

Carl is stopped at the U.S.border between Mexico and the United States.Border patrol officers become suspicious about his contradictory answers about where he was in Mexico.They ask for consent to search and Carl refuses.The officers inform him that they have a drug-sniffing dog on hand,who can sniff out illegal narcotics.They again ask for consent and Carl again refuses.They bring in the dog who immediately scratches at Carl's spare tire.This is how the dog indicates the presence of illegal narcotics.They open the tire and find a kilo of cocaine.Is this a valid search?

At trial,the prosecution is represented by the police officer.

All of the following are considered to be specific acts that can give rise to probable cause,except

A paralegal can be disbarred for violating ethical rules.

The grand jury is responsible for indicting a person suspected of committing a crime.

A search warrant can become "stale" and no longer legally effective when

In which of the following scenarios is probable cause not required?

Danny stops Carl on the street and asks Carl some questions.Danny doesn't like Carl's answers and tells him so.Carl wants to walk away.Can he?

When the grand jury approves further prosecution,they issue a "true bill."

Danny obtains a warrant to search a local warehouse for "any evidence of illegal activity." He discovers some marijuana in an employee's locker.At trial,the employee challenges the seizure on the grounds that it was unconstitutional.Is it?

Another way of charging a person is to use an accusation (information).

Danny is an off-duty police officer who sees a man parked outside a closed jewelry store.He has a strong gut feeling that the man is up to something,so he asks the man to step out of his car,cuffs him,and transports him to headquarters.Which of the following is true about this scenario?

When an appellate court orders a new trial,this trial is carried out in the appellate court itself.

Shortly after his or her arrest,a suspect is brought before a judge in a hearing called a sentencing hearing.

The prosecutor is employed in the same branch of government as the judge.

A person can plead the Fifth Amendment as a way of refusing to answer incriminating statements before the grand jury.