Exam 10: Searches of People in Vehicles

In ________, the Court held that officers may obtain consent to search a vehicle from stopped motorists without the requirement to first inform them that they are free to go.

After a vehicle is stopped, which of the officer may legally do the following:

As decided in Maryland v. Wilson, under what circumstances is it reasonable for an officer order the occupants to get out of the car during a lawful traffic stop?

There is no requirement in the ________ Amendment for officers to advise the persons of their right to refuse to cooperate.

Searches of occupants in vehicles are excluded from the warrant requirement but ________ must be present for a search to be considered valid.

Searches of occupants in vehicles are excluded from the warrant requirement because:

As ruled in Florida v. Bostick, what should be considered when determining whether a police-citizen on a bus encounter is a seizure?

There is no seizure under the Fourth Amendment if a reasonable person would feel free to terminate the encounter.

The ________ of a motorist upon probable cause to believe that he has violated the traffic laws does not violate the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable seizures.

There is no requirement under the Fourth Amendment for the officer to first inform the detained motorist that "you are free to go" before consent to search the car will be held ________, and therefore ________.

Also falling under the automobile exception are the searches of people who are stopped in an automobile.

A seizure occurs when a police officer approaches an individual and asks a few questions.

The Court has held that "the voluntariness of a consent to search is a question of fact to be determined from all the circumstances."

In ________, the Supreme Court ruled that just like the driver, the occupant of a vehicle is seized within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment during a traffic stop.

After a traffic stop, an officer has authority to order the driver to exit the car, but not the passengers.