Exam 6: Police and the Constitution

List and explain the nine exceptions tothe requirement for a search warrant. ​

The recognized standard for a "reasonable expectation of privacy" was established by which of the following Supreme Court case? ​

The most frequent exception tothe warrant requirement involves searches with consent. ​

Suspects may be questioned without having a lawyer present if the interrogation does not focus on the crime for which he or she was arrested, even though it does touch another closely related crime. ​

Coolidge v. New Hampshire established the doctrine for plain view searches. Which of the following is NoT one of the required criteria? ​

For the most part, the judicial system has refrained from placing restrictions on a police officer's ability tomake stops. ​

Explain the exclusionary rule and the exceptions toit. ​

A(n)____is a brief detention of a person by law enforcement agents for questioning. ​

A Miranda warning is needed when police are asking "routine" questions such as name and address. ​

In ______________ , the U.S. Supreme Court found that the government had "physically occupied" private property via a GPS device over a prolonged period of time. ​

The Fourth Amendment protects against _________ ​

A person's race or ethnicity alone is enough toprovide for reasonable suspicion for stops and frisks. ​

The exclusionary rule allows for the use of illegally seized evidence. ​

When using a search warrant, law enforcement officers are justified in seizing items resulting from the crime in question. ​

You are a special agent with the FBI and have been assigned toa high profile kidnapping case of an eight year-old little girl whois being held for ransom. The kidnappers, in their last attempt tocontact the family, indicated that if they did not receive their one million dollar ransom, the little girl would "pay the price with her life." Forensic technology experts were able totriangulate the position of the phone call, determine that the person was using a cell phone, and identify a physical address. That evening, you and a team of SWAT officers from the FBI enter the house where the cell phone call originated. Upon entry, the house was empty, with nochild, but it did have one suspect with a cell phone. Knowing that you only had a search warrant for the house, and not the suspect's cell phone that might have other valuable information regarding the girl's whereabouts-what doyou do? Doyou wait for a search warrant tosearch the cell phone, or doyou search it without a warrant? Please explain and justify your response.

What is the legal basis for the Miranda warning? ​

Which of the four sources of probable cause mentioned in the text is legally not strong enough tostand alone? ​

You are a Philadelphia police officer assigned toa special anti-terrorism unit. The goal of this unit is toprevent and deter all acts of terrorism in the city. Your responsibilities include monitoring certain "hang out spots" where known suspected terrorist affiliates congregate todiscuss and share information regarding radicalizing American youth in the hopes of having them join ISIS. Being that you are of middle-eastern descent, you consistently goundercover tofrequent these known hot-spots totry togather information. one evening you gointoa Syrian restaurant that has been labeled as a "hot spot" toobserve twosuspected associate members of ISIS talking about buying a rocket propelled grenade launcher touse toblow up a city bus. Although you can tell that the men have been drinking, you believe that they are serious. As one individual goes toleave the restaurant, you decide tofollow him tohis car. Based on what you overheard, you believe he is going toget money out of his car tocome back topurchase the grenade launcher. At this point, what doyou do? Doyou have probable cause toarrest the suspect? Please explain.

If police officers use a search warrant that they know is technically incorrect, the ___________________________ exception does not apply. ​

A search is the act of taking possession of a person or property. ​