ECLR Quiz 4: Automobile Exception, Probable Cause, Terry

What is the result of the Automobile Exception?

• To allow police officers to search a vehicle without a warrant if there is probable cause

• To require a search warrant for any search of a vehicle

• To limit the search of a vehicle to the immediate control of the suspect

• To prohibit the search of a vehicle without a warrant

In which case was the Automobile Exception introduced?

• Carroll v. United States

• Chimel v. California

• Terry v. Ohio

• None of the above

What was the result of Carroll v. United States?

• The Court affirmed Carroll's conviction, stating that a warrant is not required to the vehicles mobility.

• The Court overturned Carroll's conviction, stating that a warrant is always required to search a vehicle

• The Court ruled that the officer did not have probable cause to search Carroll's vehicle

• The Court ruled that the search of Carroll's vehicle was good, because warrants are not important.

What was established in Chimel v. California?

• Police officers can search a home with only an arrest warrant

• Police officers can search the entire home with a search warrant

• Police officers with an arrest warrant, can search the area of a home within the immediate control of the suspect

• Police officers cannot search a home with a warrant to search the entire property

What is probable cause?

• The act of obtaining information through senses

• Clues officers are specifically trained to notice

• Facts gathered through communication

• Reasonable grounds to believe a crime is being committed or has been committed

Which type of evidence implies a crime has occurred?

• Direct evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

• Observation

• Expertise

What was established in Terry v. Ohio?

• Police officers can search a suspect without probable cause

• Police officers can search a suspect to protect their own safety while investigating

• Police officers cannot detain a person based on reasonable suspicion

• Police officers cannot perform a limited search for weapons without probable cause

What is a Terry Stop?

• The act of obtaining information through senses

• The act of searching a home with only an arrest warrant

• The act of stopping and frisking someone based on reasonable suspicion

• The act of searching a vehicle without a warrant

What is Probable Cause based on expertise?

• Information obtain by social media experts.

• Clues and observations officers are specifically

  trained to notice.

• The act of obtaining information through

  senses, such as sight, smell or hearing.

• Indirect information which implies a

  crime has occurred.

Probable Cause can be based on?

• Observation, expertise, information and circumstantial

  evidence.

• Pick answer A

• Seriously not this one.

• Not here either.