Exam 6: Police and the Constitution--The Rules of Law Enforcement

If Detective Collins went undercover and approached the window of the suspect's home and purchased crack cocaine, what source of probable cause would this be?

Explain under which circumstances law enforcement may search an automobile without a warrant.

If a court finds that a person has been physically threatened or otherwise coerced into giving consent, the search is invalid.

United States v. Leon established the "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule.

Suppose that a gun-used by a defendant to murder a victim-was found as the result of an improper police search. If you were a defense attorney you could challenge the evidence based on the ____________.

The most frequent exception to the warrant requirement involves searches with consent.

The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure is contained within the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

A(n) __________is a situation that requires extralegal or exceptional actions by the police. In these circumstances, police officers are justified in not following procedural rules, such as those pertaining to search and arrest warrants.

A seizure is the act of taking possession of a person or property.

The process by which police examine a person or property to find evidence of a crime is a ______________.

Coolidge v. New Hampshire established the doctrine for plain view searches. Which of the following is not one of the required criteria?

Detective Collins and his team, with their arrest warrant, went to the suspect Jack's home. They knocked on the door. Jack was not home but when the suspect's brother, Tom, opened the door, he let them into the home. Detective Collins and his team asked if they could look around for the suspect. Tom said it was fine for the officers to look around the home. Soon after, Detective Collins found approximately 100 crack rocks on the table next to a window in one of the bedrooms. Which exception to the search warrant requirement allowed Detective Collins to seize the crack cocaine?

A Miranda warning is not needed when police are asking "routine" questions such as name and address.

If police officers use a search warrant that they know is technically incorrect, the___________________________ exception does not apply.

In ______________ (2012), the U.S. Supreme Court found that the government had "physically occupied" private property via a GPS device over a prolonged period of time.

The constitutional rights of accused persons taken into custody by law enforcement officials, such as the right to remain silent and the right to counsel, are the__________ .

The _______of 1978 allowed for surveillance of a suspect without a warrant as long as the "primary purpose" of the surveillance was to investigate foreign spying and not to engage in criminal law enforcement.

Which of the following cases sets the standard for consent searches?

A(n)_____ is the process by which police examine a person or property to find evidence that will be used to prove guilt in a criminal trial.

__________is reasonable grounds to believe the existence of facts warranting certain actions, such as the search or arrest of a person.