Legal Aspect Exam 3
The Supreme Court has condoned stops lasting as long as:
16 hours.
Concerning the scope of a frisk, the Supreme Court has required that the frisk be limited to:
A pat-down of the suspect's outer clothing.
A frisk requires:
All of the above
A warrantless search based on a hot pursuit exigency will be upheld if:
All of the above
A warrantless search for evanescent evidence is permissible when:
All of the above
Factors that may elevate a nonstop to a stop include:
All of the above
The Supreme Court in Hayes v. Florida ruled that stationhouse detentions for the purpose of fingerprinting are permissible when:
All of the above
Warrantless searches and seizures include:
All of the above
Which factors has the Supreme Court considered in determining the appropriate duration of a stop?
All of the above
Which of the following are considered restrictions on frisks?
All of the above
Which of the following can be considered characteristics of drug couriers?
All of the above
Which of the following can be said about stop and frisk?
All of the above
Which of the following is a requirement for a valid search incident to arrest?
All of the above
A plain view seizure is authorized when:
All of the above.
The term "automobile" includes which of the following?
All of the above.
Reasonable suspicion is:
An attempt to strike a balance between procedural due process and crime control.
What type of test has the Supreme Court relied upon in order to distinguish stops from nonstops?
An objective test
In which case did the Supreme Court create the "immediately apparent" requirement for a valid plain view seizure?
Arizona v. Hicks
A frisk must be supported by reasonable suspicion that the suspect is:
Armed and dangerous.
The ___________ rule announced in Chimel provides that, pursuant to a valid arrest, the police may search the area "within the immediate control" of the arrestee.
Armspan
Which of the following is NOT a reason articulated by the Supreme Court as a reason allowing automobile searches without a warrant:
Automobiles are not subject to the probable cause requirement.
The plain view doctrine first emerged from the Supreme Court's decision in:
Coolidge v. New Hampshire.
Reasonable suspicion is a standard of justification:
Created by the Supreme Court.
Which of the following is the leading Supreme Court case concerning stationhouse detentions?
Davis v. Mississippi
In which case did the Supreme Court hold that police officers can stop and detain motorists in their vehicles with "articulable and reasonable suspicion?"
Delaware v. Prouse
"Evanescent evidence" refers to evidence that is likely to:
Disappear.
In the wake of Terry v. Ohio, the Supreme Court has handed down a number of decisions that have:
Expanded stops and frisks.
Which of the following is NOT a recognized reason for a warrantless search based on exigent circumstances?
Getting a warrant would be inconvenient and costly
For an item to be lawfully seized under the plain view doctrine, it must be "immediately apparent" to the officer that the item is subject to seizure. This means that the officer must:
Have probable cause that the item is contraband.
In which cases did the Supreme Court declare the "inadvertency" is not a requirement for a valid plain view seizure?
Horton v. California
The requirement that a plain view seizure be based, in part, on probable cause that the item can be seized is known as the _____ requirement.
Immediately apparent
In Horton v. California, the Supreme Court dispensed with the:
Inadvertency requirement for plain view seizures.
The "armspan" rule applies to what type of search:
Incident to arrest
Which of the following is NOT a type of exigency recognized by the courts that authorizes the police to act without a warrant?
Inconvenient to obtain a warrant
_____________ are detentions less intrusive than arrest but more intrusive than a Terry stop.
Investigative detentions
In which case did the Supreme Court hold that police officers, with reasonable suspicion, can order drivers out of their cars?
Pennsylvania v. Mimms
A valid frisk can evolve into a search if what type of justification develops along the way?
Probable cause
Which standard of justification is necessary for stop and frisk activities?
Reasonable suspicion
Which of the following is a type of warrantless search or seizure?
Search incident to arrest
Stops and frisks are considered _________ acts
Separate
Terry v. Ohio dealt with:
Stop and frisk.
Which of the following is NOT an exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement?
Suspicion search
To which of the following senses has the plain view doctrine NOT been applied?
Taste
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that in addition to the suspicion required to justify a stop, the officer must have reasonable suspicion that the person stopped is "armed" and "dangerous" before a frisk can be conducted?
Terry v. Ohio
Concerning the scope of a search incident to arrest, a police officer may search:
The area within the immediate control of the arrestee.
A warrantless search for evanescent evidence is permissible when:
The search is conducted in a reasonable manner.
Which of the following can be considered characteristics of drug couriers?
Travel to and from major drug import centers
The Supreme Court first permitted warrantless hot pursuit searches in:
Warden v. Hayden.
Frisks must be directed at discovering:
Weapons.