Exam 15: Searches and Seizures of Property

Which of the following is not one of the three situations that the U.S. Supreme Court has identified as a situation when it is reasonable for the police break down the door of a home without knocking and announcing their presence?

The Carroll doctrine allows for the unwarranted search of a motor vehicle only when there is probable cause that the vehicle contains evidence related to criminal activity.

Greta was arrested and booked into the county jail on an outstanding warrant for issuing a bad check. The vehicle that she was operating at the time of her arrest was towed to the impound yard. Greta learns that her vehicle was searched by the police after her arrest, and the police found narcotics. As a result, Greta was charged with a narcotics offense. Greta moves to suppress the narcotics as the product of an illegal search. Will her motion be successful?

The legal test for consent to search is that the consent must be voluntary and may not be the result of:

Matt owns an apartment building to which access is gained through a secured entryway. Matt has repeatedly refused to allow code inspectors into the building to examine that the electrical system is up to code. What options do the code inspectors have?

Explain why special-needs searches generally do not require a warrant or probable cause.

Under Chimel, if Tom is arrested in his home pursuant to an arrest, what is the permissible scope of a search that can be conducted by the police officers once the arrest warrant is executed?

Which of the following represent(s) the standard established by the Court in United States v. Ramirez for determining whether the police do not have to knock and announce before executing a search warrant?

Once consent to search is granted, the individual may subsequently withdraw consent or limit the scope of the consent.

A search of what is commonly referred to as the grab area is limited to a search for:

What issues were raised by the courts concerning the constitutionality of a search of a cellphone that is seized during a search incident to an arrest?

A search warrant requires particularity, meaning:

In regard to third-party to consent, which of the following is correct?

According to Chimel v. California, a warrantless search conducted under the search incident to arrest exception to the warrant requirement has three purposes. What are the three purposes?

A border search is an example of a(n) _____________ search.

The legal standard for third party consent searches is:

Tom is placed under arrest and is taken to the county jail to be booked. At booking, the officer searches Tom and finds narcotics in Tom's jacket pocket. Tom is then arrested for possession of narcotics. Tom challenges the validity of his search, which the police justify as a search incident to an arrest. Tom's challenge will be successful.

Which of the following represents the Court's position in Carroll on an automobile search?

Typical explanations for knock and announce rule include all of the following, except:

Which of the following is true about consent to search?