Exam 10: Policing and the Law

Describe the Fourth Amendment and how it applies to search and seizure. What two elements must be considered?

There are two amendments in place to restrict how the government can obtain confessions.

Searches are performed to figure out where a criminal is located.

After a suspect is released from questioning for a certain period of time, he is no longer under the Miranda warning. How long is this period of time?

You pass a home that has a marijuana plant in a hanging planter on the deck. As a police officer, you stop and seize it, arresting the occupants of the home. They argue that Katz prevents you from doing so. What would be the ruling?

You see a person hastily throw something away in a trash can when he or she saw a police officer walking toward him or her. After you tell the police officer this, he reaches in the bag you saw and finds a gun. He then goes up to the person you saw throw it away and conducts a search. What does the finding of the gun signify to the court?

You need to get an arrest warrant from a magistrate for an offender you have dealt with before. You know the name and have a location. What requirement have you met?

You are approaching a house owned by the friend of someone you know just caused a hit -and-run accident. The friend is out on the porch, and you ask him if you can enter the house and look for the suspect. He says Yes, and you find the suspect. The suspectʹs attorney argues that you did not have a warrant, but the judge Allows it. What is this an example of?