4th amendment ACHS

Is this search scenario legal:

At the local shopping mall, an undercover detective notices a group of teenagers shopping together. Following them, he observes no illegal behavior. However, once they exit the mall he stops them and orders them to turn over their purses, wallets, and jackets.

• Yes it's a legal search

• No it's not a legal search

IF you said "yes, it's a legal search" to #1, which exception did you use?

• stop and frisk

• search pursuant to an arrest

• plain view

• I said NO to #1

Is this a legal search?

A police officer driving behind Tom sees the car swerve

significantly and cross the center line several times. The officer pulls the car over, asks Tom to step out and searches the area around the driver’s seat. The officer finds an opened liquor bottle and a small amount of marijuana under the seat.

• Yes, it's a legal search

• No, it's not a legal search

For question #3- if you answered "Yes, it's a legal search", which exception did you use?

• consent

• search pursuant to a legal arrest

• automobile exception

• I answered NO to question #3

Is this a legal search?

Officer Jones is trying to find a convict who escaped from a nearby jail. Going door-to-door in the neighborhood

surrounding the jail, he asks permission to enter each house and search it. The Nguyens allow him to enter their house. Once in the house, the officer sees and seizes an unregistered firearm that is on a bookshelf.

• Yes, it's a legal search

• No, it's not a legal search

If you answered "yes, it's a legal search" to #5, which exception did you use?

• consent

• hot pursuit

• plain view

• I answered NO to #5

Is this a legal search?

While chaperoning a high-school football game, police in Mississippi see a gun on the front seat of a parked car.

Opening the car door, they discover not only the gun but also bullets and a knife.

• Yes, it's a legal search

• No, it's not a legal search

If you answered "yes, it's a legal search" to # 7, which exception did you use?

• search pursuant to a legal arrest

• hot pursuit/emergencies

• plain view

• I answered NO to #7

Is this a legal search?

Police think that graduation season will have an rise in the use of illegal drugs, especially marijuana use. The police set up a roadblock outside every venue where graduations were held, and an officer leaned in for a sniff of each car passing through the roadblock.

• Yes, it's a legal search

• No, it's not a legal search

If you answered "yes, it's a legal search" to question #9, which exception did you use?

• plain view

• automobile exception

• search pursuant to a legal arrest

• I answered NO to # 9