Applied Authorities exam Prac 1

Which of these counts as a search?

A border agent commands his dog to enter a vehicle.

When temporary seizure goes beyond what is allowed during a lawful brief investigative inquiry, the seizure is...

An arrest

ON a highway 18 miles from the border, you activate your emergency lights to pull over a van that you have reasonable suspicion is a load vehicle. The van pulls over but the driver and the passengers jump out and scatter, leaving the door wide open. They left their bags behind. You can enter the car and examine the bags.

Based on these facts alone

Regulations are in the ...

Code of Federal Regulations

An agent strikes up a conversation with a guy the agent sees at the auto parts store. The agent asks the guy about his immigration status. Is this a seizure or a consensual encounter?

Consensual encounter.

Durning a lawful seizure, you pat down a suspect and find a knife in his coat. The frisk was lawful only..

If you had reasonable suspicion the suspect was armed and dangerous.

A Border Patrol agent is chasing a drug smuggler, who runs into a warehouse. The agent goes in after the smuggler and arrests him. While there, the agent hears footsteps but no one responds when the agent calls out. The agent decides to do a quick check to see who is making the footsteps. This is a..

Lawful hot pursuit and a lawful protective sweep.

A Border Patrol agent lawfully arrests an individual. In order to perform a search, the agent needs what level of suspicion that the individual is armed or has evidence?

No suspicion

While on routine patrol on a ranch, an agent looks through an open door of a large work building and recognizes a vehicle that was recently stolen in the area. May he lawfully enter the barn.

No, he needs awarrant.

For hot pursuit what level of suspicion do you need that the person you are chasing has committed a felony and that the person has gone into a location with REP?

Probable cause

A Border Patrol Canine has been trained to detect illegal drugs and hidden people. The canine alerts. What level of suspicion do you have?

Probable cause of illegal drugs or hidden people.

you pat down someone durning a search incident to arrest. If you want to go under the person's clothing what level of suspicion do you need?

Reasonable suspicion

A truck crossed the border into the United States from Mexico. An agent sees it but decides to follow the truck instead of pulling it over. The agent has eyes on the truck the whole time. After 15 minutes, the agent decides to execute a stop. What would allow the agent to do an extended border search?

Reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.

You arrest someone for committing a federal crime. In what court would the criminal trial be?

The federal district courts.

Which court decisions are every federal agent required to comply with?

The supreme court of the Unites States

Where do you find federal statutes (laws)?

The united states Code

When does the exclusionary rule keep evidence out of a criminal case?

When an agent breaks the United States Constitution?

A suspected drug smuggler drives into a hotel parking lot and goes inside to spend the night. After he goes inside, agents look through the windows of his car and see bundles of controlled substances in the back seat. The agents can enter the car..

With no additional suspicion because they have probal cause

Durning a lawful border search, you search an individual's backpack and find a notebook. Can you open the notebook and read it?

Yes, it is part of the border search.

A Border Patrol agent is investigating reports of aliens see on a particular property by talking to the resident at the door of her home. The resident invites the agent in to continue the discussion. While there, the agent meets another individual that the agent recognizes. The agent knows that the individual was caught on camera recently leading a group across the border illegally. Can the agent arrest the individual?

Yes, it would be lawful arrest in public.

Which of the following is a requirement for doing an inventory search?

You must follow the inventory policy.

A friendly hiker charts with you for a bit and tells you that she is hiking south into Mexico, which is 1/4 mile down the trail from your current location. Can you conduct a border search.

yes, based on these facts alone.