Exam 7: Searches After Arrest

In Illinois v. Lafayette, the Court approved inventory searches for various reasons. Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?

The purpose of a protective sweep is to:

In ________, the Supreme Court ruled that after an arrest, police may search the area within a person's immediate control.

A body search is valid in any situation in which a full-custody arrest occurs.

Officers may make a warrantless arrest of a person, even for a misdemeanor crime, if allowed by ________ but prohibited by state law.

Most arrests are made with a warrant.

A warrantless search and seizure inside a person's home is valid if ________ and ________ are present.

Police officers are authorized to search the area within a person's immediate control after arrest to:

In United States v. Robinson, the Court held that a custodial arrest of a suspect based on probable cause is a reasonable intrusion under the Fourth Amendment; that intrusion being lawful, a search incident to the arrest requires ________.

A(n) ________ protective sweep during arrest in a home is allowed if justified.

After an invalid arrest, the police may conduct a full search of the arrested person and of the vicinity around him or her.

Searching the personal effects of a person under lawful arrest is valid if it is part of the administrative procedure incident to the booking and jailing of the suspect.

In order to be valid, a search incident to an arrest has to take place immediately after the arrest.

The warrantless search of a house incident to an arrest when the arrest does not take place in the house is justified only in "a few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions."

The Supreme Court decision in ________ is quite significant because it authorizes the practice in some police departments of conducting a protective sweep during an arrest.

"________ evidence" found during valid warrantless searches and seizures may be searched, seized, and admitted in court.