Exam 7: Search and Seizure Without a Warrant

One of the rationales for allowing warrantless searches incident to a lawful arrest is that these searches protect the arresting officer.

An officer asks an individual if he can search the individual's apartment. The individual consents to the search but only gives the officer permission to search the kitchen of the apartment. The officer searches the kitchen. The search was lawful and constitutional.

The search of baggage and passengers at an airport is considered ______________.

Consent to search can be given by:

An officer can coerce consent or a waiver in order to perform a search.

An officer wants to institute a search incident to an arrest. The search must occur _______________.

A warrantless search can be made incident to _____________.

An officer can arrest an individual for the sole purpose of performing a search.

An officer is patrolling a neighborhood. As the officer drives past a yard, she can see a methamphetamine lab. The officer then seizes the lab. This search and seizure was lawful because of the doctrine of plain view.

An officer lawfully arrests an individual at his home. The officer then transports the individual to a jail. The officer returns in two weeks to search the home because it was the setting of the arrest. The officer searches the whole home. This search was not legal or constitutional.