4thAmend

In order for the 4th Amendment to apply there must be

• A reas expectation of privacy

• A warrant that is issued

• A crime that was committed

Usually, the 4th Am WONT apply in or when:

• Someone is in their home

• Someone curses at a police officer

• Someone says or does something in public view

• Evidence is locked, hidden or concealed

To stop your car or stop you on the street, police must have or show ______

• Probable Cause

• Virtual Certainty

• Reasonable Suspicion

What best describes reasonable suspicion?

• A virtual certainty that a crime has been committed

• It is likely that the suspect has done something, or is up to something illegal - more than a hunch, less than certainly

• There is some solid evidence that a crime is or will be committed, and reason to think that evidence of a crime exists

With reasonable Suspicion, police can do which of the following?

• Arrest you

• Search your trunk

• Do a quick "pat down"

• Stop your car

• Order you out of your car

Which is the higher standard--that is, which requires more proof, evidence, or suspicion that a crime has been committed, or that evidence of a crime exists?

• Probable Cause

• Reasonable Suspicion

Usually, by showing _____, the Prosecutor can ask a judge to issue a ____ for arrest or for permission to search

• Reasonable Suspicion; Decree

• Probable Cause; Warrant

• Probable Cause; Order of Execution

• Reasonable Suspicion; Warrant

Probable Cause is best described as:

• Police have a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed, or that evidence of a crime exists

• Police think something is wrong or illegal, but they don't know what

• Police are virtually certain that a crime has been committed and/or can precisely identify what evidence of a crime exists