Question 1

Which of the following is not a seizure?

Accepted Answer

A) chasing a fleeing suspect who gets away 
B) arresting someone 
C) physically grabbing someone to check suspicion 
D) using such a show of force that a reasonable person does not leave 
A) chasing a fleeing suspect who gets away 
B) arresting someone 
C) physically grabbing someone to check suspicion 
D) using such a show of force that a reasonable person does not leave

Question 2

In Maryland v.Wilson,the case where police removed and detained a passenger from a lawfully stopped vehicle,the Supreme Court held:

Accepted Answer

A) that the officer's ordering the passenger out of the car was an unreasonable seizure. 
B) that the practice of ordering all drivers and passengers stopped in traffic stops out of their vehicles as a matter of course was reasonable. 
C) that the officer's ordering him out of the car was too great an intrusion into the driver's liberty. 
D) that they must have articulable suspicion of danger to order the passenger out of the vehicle. 
A) that the officer's ordering the passenger out of the car was an unreasonable seizure. 
B) that the practice of ordering all drivers and passengers stopped in traffic stops out of their vehicles as a matter of course was reasonable. 
C) that the officer's ordering him out of the car was too great an intrusion into the driver's liberty. 
D) that they must have articulable suspicion of danger to order the passenger out of the vehicle.

Question 3

According to the Supreme Court in Michigan v.Sitz,involving sobriety checkpoints,detaining a car briefly at a sobriety check point:

Accepted Answer

A) is not a stop. 
B) is a stop,but it is not covered by the Fourth Amendment. 
C) is a stop to which the Fourth Amendment applies. 
D) requires probable cause to think that someone in the car has committed a crime. 
A) is not a stop. 
B) is a stop,but it is not covered by the Fourth Amendment. 
C) is a stop to which the Fourth Amendment applies. 
D) requires probable cause to think that someone in the car has committed a crime.

Question 4

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Terry v.Ohio,involving a police stop and frisk of a citizen on a street to investigate a possible robbery:

Accepted Answer

A) in dealing with dangerous situations on city streets,police need an escalating set of flexible responses. 
B) police cannot stop citizens without probable cause to believe that crime is afoot. 
C) in any instance where the police can stop someone,they can also frisk that person. 
D) police cannot stop citizens without clear and convincing evidence that crime is afoot. 
A) in dealing with dangerous situations on city streets,police need an escalating set of flexible responses. 
B) police cannot stop citizens without probable cause to believe that crime is afoot. 
C) in any instance where the police can stop someone,they can also frisk that person. 
D) police cannot stop citizens without clear and convincing evidence that crime is afoot.

Question 5

The case of Michigan v.Sitz (1990)challenged the constitutionality of:

Accepted Answer

A) Stop and frisk 
B) Frisk without a warrant 
C) Courier profiles 
D) DUI checkpoints 
A) Stop and frisk 
B) Frisk without a warrant 
C) Courier profiles 
D) DUI checkpoints

Question 6

Reasonable suspicion can never be based on hearsay information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Reid v.Georgia (1980)ruled that:

Accepted Answer

A) the drug courier profile by itself cannot amount to reasonable suspicion. 
B) illegal alien status is,by itself,enough to amount to reasonable suspicion. 
C) travelling from a known drug-trafficking county is,by itself,enough to amount to reasonable suspicion. 
D) as long as the DEA has 7 primary and 4 secondary characteristics as part of its drug courier profile,that is enough to amount to reasonable suspicion. 
A) the drug courier profile by itself cannot amount to reasonable suspicion. 
B) illegal alien status is,by itself,enough to amount to reasonable suspicion. 
C) travelling from a known drug-trafficking county is,by itself,enough to amount to reasonable suspicion. 
D) as long as the DEA has 7 primary and 4 secondary characteristics as part of its drug courier profile,that is enough to amount to reasonable suspicion.

Question 8

According to Michigan v.Sitz (1990),do DWI roadblocks constitute unlawful stops?

Accepted Answer

A) Yes,they are unlawful stops unless the individual stopped has already demonstrated some subjective symptoms of driving while under the influence. 
B) No,they are not unlawful as long as the police have a warrant to search 'all vehicles' suspected of DWI suspects. 
C) Yes,they are unlawful based on the Fourth Amendment 'unreasonable' test. 
D) No,they are not unlawful because there is a compelling interest related to public safety. 
A) Yes,they are unlawful stops unless the individual stopped has already demonstrated some subjective symptoms of driving while under the influence. 
B) No,they are not unlawful as long as the police have a warrant to search 'all vehicles' suspected of DWI suspects. 
C) Yes,they are unlawful based on the Fourth Amendment 'unreasonable' test. 
D) No,they are not unlawful because there is a compelling interest related to public safety.

Question 9

Stop and frisks impact a greater number of people than those actually arrested.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Until the 1960s,the U.S.Supreme Court followed the_________,which says the warrant and reasonableness clauses are firmly connected.

Accepted Answer

A) reasonableness Fourth Amendment approach 
B) conventional Fourth Amendment approach 
C) subjective Fourth Amendment approach 
D) objective doctrine of the Fourth Amendment 
A) reasonableness Fourth Amendment approach 
B) conventional Fourth Amendment approach 
C) subjective Fourth Amendment approach 
D) objective doctrine of the Fourth Amendment

Question 11

Another name for the totality of circumstances test is the__________________test.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Another name for the totality of circumstances...

Question 12

The balancing approach to reasonableness:

Accepted Answer

A) requires courts to weigh the degree of intrusion against the government's need for the intrusion. 
B) prohibits the police from making intrusions simply to prevent crimes that may happen. 
C) does not require the court to weigh the degree of intrusion so long as there is a factual foundation for it. 
D) does not require a factual foundation to support stops involving serious crimes. 
A) requires courts to weigh the degree of intrusion against the government's need for the intrusion. 
B) prohibits the police from making intrusions simply to prevent crimes that may happen. 
C) does not require the court to weigh the degree of intrusion so long as there is a factual foundation for it. 
D) does not require a factual foundation to support stops involving serious crimes.

Question 13

As per Maryland v.Wilson (1997),police officers who have effected a traffic stop can choose to remove from the stopped vehicle to maximize personal safety.

Accepted Answer

A) drivers 
B) animals 
C) passengers 
D) weapons 
A) drivers 
B) animals 
C) passengers 
D) weapons

Question 14

The objective basis required for making a lawful stop is_________.

Accepted Answer

reasonable

Question 15

Information received from anonymous informants is always considered equal in quality to that received from known informants in providing reasonable suspicion for a stop.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to the Supreme Court in U.S.v.Montoya de Hernandez,involving a detention at the border for drug investigation:

Accepted Answer

A) even routine customs searches at the border require reasonable suspicion. 
B) any detention at the border that lasts more than 15 minutes is unreasonable. 
C) detention beyond the scope of a routine customs search and inspection is always unreasonable. 
D) the Fourth Amendment's balance of reasonableness is qualitatively different at the international border than in the interior of the country. 
A) even routine customs searches at the border require reasonable suspicion. 
B) any detention at the border that lasts more than 15 minutes is unreasonable. 
C) detention beyond the scope of a routine customs search and inspection is always unreasonable. 
D) the Fourth Amendment's balance of reasonableness is qualitatively different at the international border than in the interior of the country.

Question 17

Does unprovoked flight + high-crime area = reasonable suspicion? Explain your response.

Accepted Answer

Unprovoked flight from police officers i

Question 18

Profiles are neither direct observation nor hearsay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Identify the three possible alternatives for applying the Fourth Amendment to stops and frisks,and explain why the
U.S.Supreme Court adopted alternative three.

Accepted Answer

There are three possible interpretations

Question 20

Reasonable suspicion needed to make a stop:

Accepted Answer

A) requires more than probable cause. 
B) requires a preponderance of the evidence. 
C) requires only a hunch. 
D) requires some minimum level of objective justification. 
A) requires more than probable cause. 
B) requires a preponderance of the evidence. 
C) requires only a hunch. 
D) requires some minimum level of objective justification.

Which of the following is not a seizure?

In Maryland v.Wilson,the case where police removed and detained a passenger from a lawfully stopped vehicle,the Supreme Court held:

According to the Supreme Court in Michigan v.Sitz,involving sobriety checkpoints,detaining a car briefly at a sobriety check point:

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Terry v.Ohio,involving a police stop and frisk of a citizen on a street to investigate a possible robbery:

The case of Michigan v.Sitz (1990)challenged the constitutionality of:

Reasonable suspicion can never be based on hearsay information.

Reid v.Georgia (1980)ruled that:

According to Michigan v.Sitz (1990),do DWI roadblocks constitute unlawful stops?

Stop and frisks impact a greater number of people than those actually arrested.

Until the 1960s,the U.S.Supreme Court followed the_________,which says the warrant and reasonableness clauses are firmly connected.

Another name for the totality of circumstances test is the__________________test.

The balancing approach to reasonableness:

As per Maryland v.Wilson (1997),police officers who have effected a traffic stop can choose to remove from the stopped vehicle to maximize personal safety.

The objective basis required for making a lawful stop is_________.

Information received from anonymous informants is always considered equal in quality to that received from known informants in providing reasonable suspicion for a stop.

According to the Supreme Court in U.S.v.Montoya de Hernandez,involving a detention at the border for drug investigation:

Does unprovoked flight + high-crime area = reasonable suspicion? Explain your response.

Profiles are neither direct observation nor hearsay.

Identify the three possible alternatives for applying the Fourth Amendment to stops and frisks,and explain why the U.S.Supreme Court adopted alternative three.

Reasonable suspicion needed to make a stop:

Crime Control in a Constitutional Democracy

Criminal Procedure and the Constitution

The Definition of Searches and Seizures

Seizures of Persons: Arrest

Searches for Evidence

Special Needs Searches

Self-Incrimination

Identification Procedures Identification Procedures

Remedies for Constitutional Violations I: the Exclusionary Rule and Entrapment

Constitutional Violations II: Other Remedies Against Official Misconduct

Court Proceedings I: Before Trial

Court Proceedings II: Trial and Conviction

After Conviction

Criminal Procedure in Crisis Times

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Exam 4: Stop and Frisk

Which of the following is not a seizure?

In Maryland v.Wilson,the case where police removed and detained a passenger from a lawfully stopped vehicle,the Supreme Court held:

According to the Supreme Court in Michigan v.Sitz,involving sobriety checkpoints,detaining a car briefly at a sobriety check point:

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Terry v.Ohio,involving a police stop and frisk of a citizen on a street to investigate a possible robbery:

The case of Michigan v.Sitz (1990)challenged the constitutionality of:

Reasonable suspicion can never be based on hearsay information.

Reid v.Georgia (1980)ruled that:

According to Michigan v.Sitz (1990),do DWI roadblocks constitute unlawful stops?

Stop and frisks impact a greater number of people than those actually arrested.

Until the 1960s,the U.S.Supreme Court followed the_________,which says the warrant and reasonableness clauses are firmly connected.

Another name for the totality of circumstances test is the__________________test.

The balancing approach to reasonableness:

As per Maryland v.Wilson (1997),police officers who have effected a traffic stop can choose to remove from the stopped vehicle to maximize personal safety.

The objective basis required for making a lawful stop is_________.

Information received from anonymous informants is always considered equal in quality to that received from known informants in providing reasonable suspicion for a stop.

According to the Supreme Court in U.S.v.Montoya de Hernandez,involving a detention at the border for drug investigation:

Does unprovoked flight + high-crime area = reasonable suspicion? Explain your response.

Profiles are neither direct observation nor hearsay.

Identify the three possible alternatives for applying the Fourth Amendment to stops and frisks,and explain why the U.S.Supreme Court adopted alternative three.

Reasonable suspicion needed to make a stop:

Crime Control in a Constitutional Democracy

Criminal Procedure and the Constitution

The Definition of Searches and Seizures

Seizures of Persons: Arrest

Searches for Evidence

Special Needs Searches

Self-Incrimination

Identification Procedures Identification Procedures

Remedies for Constitutional Violations I: the Exclusionary Rule and Entrapment

Constitutional Violations II: Other Remedies Against Official Misconduct

Court Proceedings I: Before Trial

Court Proceedings II: Trial and Conviction

After Conviction

Criminal Procedure in Crisis Times

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