Reference no: EM133269011

Assignment:

1. Which one of the following is a lawful exception to search a protected area without a search warrant?

a. Consent

b. Plain View

c. Stop & Frisk

d. All the Above

2. Suppose the police, while investigating a domestic violence complaint in the neighborhood home, observe marijuana plants growing in Michael's fenced backyard. May they enter the gate and seize the plants without a search warrant? Or are they able to seize the plants under the plain view doctrine exception to the search warrant rules. Explain.

3. What is the automatic exception

What landmark Supreme Court decision established the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment?

In Jones v. United States, the court held that the government's installation of a GPS device on an individual 's vehicle without a warrant is unconstitutional because:

a. The vehicle was not considered to be a constitutional protected area because you do not need a search warrant to search a vehicle because of the automobile exception.

b. The defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy to where he was traveling to.

c. The government physically trespassing onto a constitutionally protected area by physically placing the tracking device on the vehicle.

d. The government must request consent from the defendant to install the GPS tracking device.

4. Mootness is when there is no nexus between the injury and the alleged act. True or false

5. Which Supreme Court Justice wrote the dissenting opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson?

a. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

b. Justice John Jay

c. Chief Justice Earl Warren

d. Justice John Marshall Harlan.

6. Police are required to advise suspects of their right to refuse when requesting a consent to search their home or vehicle. True or false

7. Which one of the following Amendments protects individuals from unreasonable search and seizures?

a. Fifth Amendment

b. Eighth Amendment

c. First Amendment

d. Fourth Amendment