Exam 9: Plain View, Open Fields, Abandonment, and Electronic Surveillance

The open fields doctrine states that items in open fields are not protected by the Fourth Amendment's guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures.

The part of real estate property that is not protected by the Fourth Amendment is open________ .

Under the plain view doctrine an officer must have gained awareness of the item solely by:

Define,compare,and contrast the plain touch and plain odor doctrines.Provide examples of each.

__________ v.California (1990)is the case that removed the requirement of inadvertence from the plain view doctrine.

Plain view usually applies when the officer is within a(n):

Which of the following is a Fourth Amendment requirement for a plain view search and seizure?

Under the plain view doctrine,certain mechanical devices can be used without a warrant.A transmitting device used to track a vehicle or item as it moves about is called a________ .

Under the Fourth Amendment,for evidence to qualify for the plain view exception to the warrant requirement,the discovery does not need to be:

Under the______ doctrine,open areas outside the curtilage are not protected by the Fourth Amendment.

Which of the following is NOT true of the open fields doctrine?

For a long time,________was one of the plain view requirements.It is no longer.

Full Fourth Amendment protections do not apply at immigration borders because of a ________state interest involved in stopping illegal immigration and the flow of prohibited goods into the country.

The________ doctrine would allow the evidence Officer Dante obtained without a warrant or probable cause to be used in court.

An intrusion into an area where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy is a Fourth Amendment________.

The use of binoculars by Officer Dante ________the applicability of the plain view doctrine.

Officers need a ________or probable cause to seize items in the curtilage.

Immigration officials sometimes conduct________ surveys,in which they pay surprise visits to factories and ask employees questions to determine if they are illegal aliens.

Abandoned property is not protected by the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures,so it may be seized without a warrant or probable cause.

Curtilage is "the area to which extends the intimate activity associated with the 'sanctity of a man's home,and the privacies of life.'"