Search And Seizure Quiz

If police are outside a house, and they can smell burning marijuana and hear the sounds of evidence being destroyed, are they allowed to enter without a warrant?

• Legal Search

• Illegal Search

The police, without a warrant, find incriminating evidence after searching trash bags that have been placed on the curb for garbage collection.

• Legal Search

• Illegal Search

A student is declared to be a delinquent after school officials, based on allegations that she was smoking in the restroom, search her possessions and discover drug paraphernalia.

• Legal Search

• Illegal Search

In order to collect evidence, the police place a wiretap in a public phone booth frequently used by an individual who is suspected of illegal gambling.

• Legal Search

• Illegal Search

A driver of a car is swerving over the line. Can the police stop the car?

• Yes

• No

The police sees an open container in the car. What exception to the 4th amendment give the office the right to search the car?

• Hot pursuit

• Plain view

• Stop and Frisk

A person who is being questioned by the police runs away. What exception can be used to chase after the suspect and search his person?

• Plain view

• Obvious places

• Hot pursuit

The police think a bomb is in side a house. Can they enter the home without permission?

• yes

• no

A reasonable belief that a crime has occurred or that evidence may be present?

• Pro cause
• Probable cause
• Justifiable cause
• Cause and effect

According to to the 4th Amendment, police cannot search you or your stuff....

• without a warrant
• without probable cause
• unreasonably
• with a warrant