Search & Seizure/Police Encounters, (Laws of Arrest), Unit Test

What is the fourth amendment?

• The right to bare arms
• Freedom of Speech
• Protects against illegal search and seizure
• States' Rights.

A rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct

• Arbitrary Rule
• Supremacy Rule
• Exclusionary Rule
• Due Process

Which of the following is defined as the reasonable ground to believe a crime is being committed or has been committed?

• Search

• Seizure

• Warrant

• Probable Cause

Which of the following individuals can sign a warrant?

• Teacher

• Friend

• Judge or Magistrate

• Police Officer

Probable cause is needed to conduct a warrant less search?

• True

• False

When does the exclusionary rule apply?

• when information pertaining to the evidence needs to be documented

• when the 4th Amendment was honored

• when the court finds an illegal search occurred

• when a suspect, who is friends with the judge, has been seized

A stop and frisk search can be justified if suspicions of the suspect being armed and dangerous are present.

• True

• False

Which of the following is defined as taking possession of a person, property or item?

• Search

• Seizure

• Warrant

• Probable Cause

Which of the following warrantless search methods allows another occupant or owner of a house to legally give permission to a search?

• Consent search

• Incidental Search

• Plain View Doctrine

• Emergency Exceptions

Which of the following warrantless searches is when a warrant only allows the outer premises to be searched when the officer sees evidence through a window, the house can now be searched as well?

• Emergency Exceptions

• Plain View Doctrine

• Incidental Doctrine

• Consent Search