Case Law 1 of 4

Question 1

When police find drugs in a car
and no one claims them, it is
___________________ to arrest all occupants
because everyone could be involved
in a crime.

Answer 1

reasonable

Maryland v Pringle, pg. 7 of your workbook

Question 2

Police may inspect the soles of
a person’s shoes who is a
_________________ in criminal activity.

Answer 2

suspect

State v Bates, pg. 9 of your workbook

Question 3

A _________________ is a crime punishable
by more than 1 year in State
prison.

Answer 3

felony

State v Doyle, pg. 13 of your workbook

Question 4

A police officer may not effect a valid arrest
without a warrant for a violation of a
municipal ordinance which occurs in the
officer’s presence but does not constitute
a breach of the _________________.

Answer 4

peace

State v Hurtado, pg. 17 of your workbook

Question 5

Evidence seized during the course of an
arrest based on a bench warrant will be
________________________ when the
warrant is found to have been vacated
twenty-seven days earlier.

Answer 5

suppressed

State v Moore, pg. 19 of your workbook

Question 6

Buy bust operations are constitutionally
______________________.

Answer 6

reasonable

State v Henry, pg. 21 of your workbook

Question 7

A law enforcement officer may enter a
private residence to effect the arrest of a
person who is fleeing and is the subject
of an outstanding warrant, even if the
officer does not know the nature of the
_____________________.

Answer 7

warrant

State v Jones, pg. 25 of your workbook

Question 8

To “uphold the validity of an arrest
and incidental search based on an
arrest warrant, the State is only required
to show that the warrant was
___________________” and the police “reasonably believed the person arrested
was the person sought.”

Answer 8

valid

State v Green, pg. 27 of your workbook

Question 9

Absent consent, law enforcement officers
may not search for the subject
of an arrest warrant in the
home of a third party without
first obtaining a _______________
____________________.

Answer 9

search warrant

Steagald v U.S., pg. 29 of your workbook

Question 10

Police may not make a warrantless
non-consensual entry into a suspect’s
home in order to make a routine
___________________arrest.

Answer 10

felony

Payton v New York, pg. 33 of your workbook

Question 11

A suspect may not defeat a warrantless
felony arrest, which is set in motion at the
doorway of the suspect’s home, by retreating
into his ___________________.

Answer 11

house

US v Santana, pg. 35 of your workbook

Question 12

A police officer has temporarily detained
the driver of a motor vehicle outside her
garage based on probable cause to believe
she is DWI. He follows the driver
into her garage while she retrieves her
driver’s license, and then may arrest her
without a _______________________.

Answer 12

warrant

State v Nikola, pg. 41 of your workbook

Question 13

Police may not use
__________________ force to prevent
the escape of an unarmed, non-dangerous
felon.

Answer 13

deadly

Tennessee v Garner, pg. 47 of your workbook

Question 14

The disclosure of the identity of
an informant will be compelled
when the informant was an active
_______________________ in bringing
about the crime for which the defendant
is charged.

Answer 14

participant

State v Roundtree, pg. 59 of your workbook

Question 15

The mere fact that a confidential informant
was present when the criminal
offense took place does not require the disclosure of the informant’s
___________________ at trial.

Answer 15

identity

State v Oliver, pg. 57 of your workbook

Question 16

A law enforcement officer’s independent
investigation, which uncovers facts
that substantially corroborate a detailed
anonymous tip, may together with the tip
provide probable cause for the issuance
of a _______________________
_______________.

Answer 16

search warrant

Illinois v Gates, pg. 65 of your workbook

Question 17

In New Jersey, if a person uses the
internet, they have a constitutionally
protected reasonable expectation of
__________________ in subscriber information
that they give to their internet
service provider.

Answer 17

privacy

State v Shirley Reid, pg. 69 of your workbook

Question 18

The fact that a search warrant application
adequately describes the “things to
be seized” may not be used to “save the
_______________________ from its facial
invalidity.”

Answer 18

warrant

Groh v Ramirez, pg. 75 of your workbook

Question 19

To justify a no knock search warrant
an officer must have a reasonable,
particularized suspicion that “(1) immediate
action is required to preserve
_______________________; (2) the officer’s
peril would be increased; or (3) the
arrest would be frustrated.”

Answer 19

evidence

State v Andre Johnson, pg. 81 of your
workbook

Question 20

A violation of the “knock and
announce” rule for a routine
search warrant could lead to the __________________________ of evidence
seized from the target premises.

Answer 20

suppression

State v Andre Johnson, pg. 81 of your
workbook

Question 21

Under both the 4th Amendment and Article
I. Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey
Constitution, “the reasonableness
of a search of a dwelling may depend
in part on whether law enforcement
officers announce their presence and
_________________ prior to entering.

Answer 21

authority

State v Andre Johnson, pg. 81 of your
workbook

Question 22

When serving a residential search warrant,
a delay of 15 to ____________ seconds
between the time the police knock
and announce their presence and make
entry is reasonable under New Jersey
law.

Answer 22

20

State v Rodriguez, pg. 82 of your workbook

Question 23

The officers’ detention of a person
in handcuffs during the execution
of a search warrant is
________________________ and does
not violate the Fourth Amendment.

Answer 23

reasonable

Muehler v Mena, pg. 93 of your workbook

Question 24

The permissible scope of a search incident
to a lawful arrest includes the
search of the person and the area within
his immediate __________________.

Answer 24

control

Chimel v California, pg. 103 of your workbook