Quiz #3 Flashcards
True or False: If a suspect is involuntarily taken to the police station or a detention facility, then it is an arrest.
True
True or False: If the police arrest a drunk driver and place the handcuffed suspect in the back of their police car, they may then search the driver’s vehicle on the grounds that it is in the area of immediate reach and control
False
True or False: If the police legally arrest an individual, then may examine the photographs on the suspects smartphone incidental to arrest
False
Jason is arrested on the front porch of his house. The police search his pockets and discover crack cocaine. Jason asks if he can get a coast before they take him to jail. They agree. They go inside his foyer and when Jason opens the closet door, the police search the closet. They find a bag a Marijuana on the shelf. Which of the following statements reflect the result of the searches
Both the crack cocaine and the marijuana are admissible
True or false: Rudy is arrested for breaking and entering. He is found by the police hiding in the walk in freezer of a restaurant that he had broken into. Once they have him handcuffed, they take off his shoes and discover broken glass that came from the window which broken in order for him to enter the restaurant. Is the broken glass admissible?
True
The police have a misdemeanor arrest warrant for Willard. They spot him sitting at a table at the mall food court. When they approach him they notice that he has a bookbag sitting on his lap. When arrest him, they pull the bookbag away from him and open it. Inside the bag they discover a bag of marijuana. Which of the following best describes the correct legal outcome?
The marijuana is admissible because it was within Willard’s immediate reach and control
The police receive a radio run regarding a woman screaming at 123 Western Avenue. Upon their arrival, they hear what seems to be fighting inside the home and they can hear a woman screaming for someone to stop. May the police enter the home without a search warrant?
Yes, from probable cause
Which of the following most accurately defines the term “exigent circumstances” as it is applies to a search?
Extraordinary or emergency circumstances which allow the police to conduct a search for persons or evidence without first obtaining a warrant.
Which of the following most accurately explains “search incidental to arrest”
Law enforcement officers may search a person who has been legally arrested
Which of the following is NOT an exigent circumstance?
Evidence necessary to prosecution of case
