CPOLS chapters 1-5 Weeks 6-7 Flashcards
Both the United States and California Constitutions prohibit _____________searches and seizures of people, houses, and personal property. (I. INTRODUCTION, A)
a) Unreasonable
b) After hours
c) Warrantless
d) All of the above
a) Unreasonable
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon____________, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. (I. INTRODUCTION, A)
a) reasonable suspicion
b) probable cause
c) sworn affidavit
d) None of the above
b) probable cause
The ____________ is not violated unless a legitimate expectation of privacy is infringed. (I. INTRODUCTION, A)
a) First Amendment
b) Fourth Amendment
c) Second Amendment
e) All of the above
b) Fourth Amendment
This infringement must be by the government or its agents–private citizens cannot violate the Fourth Amendment. “The proscription against unreasonable search and seizure in the Fourth Amendment applies only to the acts of government officers or their agents.” (I. INTRODUCTION, A)
a) true
b) false
a) true
Also, the search or seizure must be __________, rather than merely an accident. “The Fourth Amendment addresses ‘misuse of power,’ not the accidental effects of otherwise lawful government conduct.” (I. INTRODUCTION, A)
a) planned
b) intentional
c) a mistake
e) both a & b
b) intentional
The “Fourth Amendment does not mandate that police officers act flawlessly, but only that they act ____________.” (I. INTRODUCTION, A)
a) decisively
b) fairly
c) reasonably
d) quickly
c) reasonably
If a person leaves an object behind, or disclaims any knowledge of it or interest in it, he has relinquished any __________________ he might have had in the object. (Ayala (2000) 24 Cal.4th 243, 279; Gallego (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 388, 395; Decoud (9th Cir. 2006) 456 F.3d 996, 1007.) It is therefore legal for you to search the item. (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, VIII)
a) standing
b) reasonable expectation of privacy
c) ownership
c) none of the above
b) reasonable expectation of privacy
When challenged, the legality of a search or seizure normally is decided prior to trial, either as part of the ____________ or at a ___________________, or both. (I. INTRODUCTION, B)
a) arrest, booking
b) preliminary hearing, separate pretrial suppression motion
c) trial, sentencing
e) none of the above
b) preliminary hearing, separate pretrial suppression motion
The “______________” is a “sanction” created by the Supreme Court to deter improper police conduct. (Chap 2 Search and Seizure, I)
a) motion to suppress
b) exclusionary rule
c) Both a and b
d) none of the above
b) exclusionary rule
A person who has rented a room with a stolen credit card lacks standing to contest entry by police, including compliance with knock and notice. (Chap 2 Search and Seizure, I)
a) true
b) false
a) true
The mere fact that [Jones] received money from another person on the street in an area known for drug activity is __________ justification for a detention.” (Jones (1991) 228 Cal.App.3d 519.) (Chap 2 Search and Seizure, I)
a) sufficient
b) insufficient
c) lawful
b) both a and b
b) insufficient
Incident to a lawful custodial arrest, you are entitled to search the arrestee’s person and area around him, that is, the area and objects that are under his immediate control. Such a search is justified simply by the fact of the lawful custodial arrest–suspicion that the individual is armed or that evidence will be found is ____________. (Robinson (1973) 414 U.S. 218, 235; King (2013) 133 S.Ct. 1958, 1970-1971.) (Chap 2 Search and Seizure, VI)
a) not necessary
b) necessary
c) required
d) Both b and C
a) not necessary
With respect to the general rule for reasonable expectation of privacy: If you are already lawfully inside a home and make an arrest there, you may then be able to conduct a search into protected areas, such as a cupboard or drawer (within the limitations of Chimel (1969) 395 U.S. 752) incident to that arrest. But this exception has nothing to do with ____________. (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, II)
a) other occupants
b) entering
c) standing
d) none of the above
b) entering
Almost anything, anywhere, can qualify as a “home,” such as a boat, van, motel room, tent, etc. (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, II)
a) true
b) false
a) true
It was illegal for the officers to walk into the garage through its open door without a warrant, consent, or exigent circumstances. “Simply put, a person’s garage is as much a part of his castle as the rest of his home.” (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, II)
a) true
b) false
a) true
Defendant, who was camping on a public preserve without a permit, had been evicted recently from at least four other campsites in the preserve. After he was arrested for threatening a public official via emails he sent to the Department of Defense, his tent and possessions were searched. (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, II)
a) the search was lawful
b) the search was unlawful
a) the search was lawful
A person normally has no reasonable expectation of privacy in the areas around the front of his or her home “where members of the public having business with the occupants” would naturally go or see. Indeed, the test for any area immediately surrounding a residence is whether it is an area where the public has _____________. (Thompson (1990) 221 Cal.App.3d 923; Chavez (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 1493, 1501.) (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, II)
a) an obligation to enter
b) been implicitly invited
c) both a and b
d) none of the above
b) been implicitly invited
It was ____________ for officers to look through a side yard window, located about 20 feet from the front of the house and 40 feet from the sidewalk, even though there was no window covering and even though there was no “barrier” to the public, such as a fence or shrubbery. There was no implicit “invitation” to the public to go there, such as a pathway or entrance to the residence, and passers-by on the street or sidewalk could not see into the room. The officers, who were responding to a “loud party” report at 11 p.m., had not knocked on the front door first and they were not faced with an exigency or evidence of criminal conduct before they looked through the window. (Camacho (2000) 23 Cal.4th 824.) (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, II)
a) legal
b) illegal
b) illegal
Police, while arresting a suspect at the door to his hotel room pursuant to two arrest warrants, observed in plain view two glass cocaine pipes inside the room. The officers were entitled to seize the pipes. However, even though the pipes provided probable cause that there were more narcotics or paraphernalia inside the room, a search warrant was needed before the officers could lawfully search the room. (LeBlanc (1997) 60 Cal.App.4th 157, 166-167.) (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, III)
a) true
b) false
a) true
Officers were legally inside a rundown apartment without a warrant because of exigent circumstances (gunshots). They discovered several firearms and noticed some fancy stereo equipment, which they suspected was stolen. After moving some of the items to observe the numbers; the officers copied down the serial numbers from the equipment, phoned them in and verified that the objects were stolen before confiscating them. (Chap 3 Search and Seizure, III)
a) illegal search
b) legal search
a; It constituted an illegal search to have moved some of the items, even slightly, to observe the numbers; and (3) this movement or “search” was illegal because it was based only on “reasonable suspicion” and not “probable cause.” Furthermore, it was “unrelated to the objectives of the authorized intrusion.” (Hicks (1987) 480 U.S. 321, 325; see also Clark (1993) 5 Cal.4th 950, 980.)
The “exclusionary rule” is a “sanction” created by the Supreme Court to deter improper police conduct.
a) True
b) False
a) True
Detective is serving a S/W at a hotel room where they know a stolen credit card has been used. Is there still an expectation of privacy upon entry to that room?
a) Yes
b) No
b) No
3) Detective is serving a S/W at a hotel room where they know a stolen credit card has been used, does the compliance of Knock and Notice exist?
a) Yes
b) No
b) No
Don, is a regular visitor has a key to Jeff’s house and has full run of the house when Jeff is not there. Does Don actually have an enough expectation of privacy to challenge a search or entry?
a) Yes
b) No
a) Yes