Exam 12: Open Fields and Abandoned Property

The _________________ case described the factors to determine whether property falls within a house's curtilage and hence is protected by the Fourth Amendment.

The open fields means

Whether a piece of land or a building falls within the curtilage is determined by considering four factors.Which of the following is not among these factors?

Explain how a garage and the immediate area surrounding it pertains to the concept of curtilage.

What has been the interpretation of the courts regarding the area around a house that is enclosed by a fence?

The intention of a suspect to abandon property can be determined by considering:

?An officer may enter and search the backyard of a multiple-occupancy dwelling without a warrant under the open fields doctrine if the backyard

The Fourth Amendment protections requiring police to have a warrant to enter to search extend to ______ but not to ______ under the open fields doctrine.

Police on patrol receive a warning and description of a vehicle wanted in connection with a burglary.They observe the vehicle and begin pursuit.The suspects flee a distance and then stop the car suddenly,exit the vehicle,and flee on foot.Officers may

Which of the following is not curtilage?

In a multiple occupancy dwelling,which of the following would NOT normally be accessible under the open fields doctrine?

Enclosing an area with a sight-obscuring fence

A garage used in connection with a multiunit dwelling is considered to be outside the curtilage.

Explain what limitations are involved regarding the use of mechanical or electronic devices to obtain plain view by law enforcement officials.

An informant tells an officer that patrons of a certain public bar sometimes do lines of cocaine on the tables set in alcoves.Hoping to gather some minute grains of cocaine from one of the tables as corroboration of the information,the officer

If an officer has entered open fields to search,he or she

?A police officer rummages through the garbage of a suspect without probable cause,without a warrant,and without reasonable suspicion.The officer finds incriminating evidence.Unless there is a state law to the contrary,the determining factor in the admissibility of the evidence will be:

Accidentally dropping an object is the same as abandoning it.

The primary difference between the abandonment doctrine and the plain view doctrine is that:

Generally,if an object is voluntarily discarded outside the curtilage of the house,the legality of its seizure will be considered under the doctrine of ____________.