Searches & Seizures Involving Motor Vehicles

Probable Cause/Plain View with Vehicles

100

Can you do a warrantless search? 

Yes/True

200

Do you need probable cause or reasonable suspicion to do a warrantless search?

probable cause

300

The conditions required to justify a probable cause vehicle search are exactly the same as those necessary to obtain a ___ _____? 

search warrant

400

What do you need to be able to do a warrantless search? 

probable cause that the vehicle contains contraband or evidence of a crime

500

What 3 things does an officer need in order to be able to sieze evidence in a vehicle?

Have probable cause to believe the item is crime related. Lawfully be in a location to observe the item. Have lawful access to the item

Protective Search of vehicles

100

Is the search permitted if the person is unlawfully detained?

no

200

Where may the officer search 

• Passenger compartment 

• or/ where the vehicle would have resablie access

300

A protective search of a vehicle is a..?

limited warrantless search of the passenger compartment of a vehicle for weapons

400

Could the officer search every compartment or bag in the vehicle? 

yes

500

What are the two ways that the search would be permitted

The driver or occupant  is being lawfully detained. If officer reasonably believes, on facts that there may be a weapon or item that could used as a weapon

Searches Incident to Custodial Arrest

100

When  an officer makes a custodial arrest of a person in a vehicle, the officer may be able to conduct a warrantless search of the vehicle’s passenger compartment. T or F

True

200

A vehicle inventory is not a search for evidence or contraband. T or F

True

300

When must inventory be made (name 1)

• The driver is taken into custody 

• The vehicle, involved in a traffic accident, cannot be driven 

• The vehicle must be moved to protect it or its contents from theft or damage

• Circumstances listed the Vehicle Code (vehicle traffic hazard, stolen vehicle, etc.)

400

A search is deemed incident to an arrest only is it occurred: 

at/near time or place of the arrest. While the arrestee is still at the scene

500

To inventory a vehicle it must? 

be in custody, officer conducts inventory pursuit to a standardized agency policy

Extra

100

When is 2nd pt 

Wednesday Oct 18

200

When do is the Veterans Day parade 

Nov 4th

300

What time are we meeting for the parade 

8:30 am

400

What book are we reading in English class

Into the Wild

500

Who is the main character in "Into the Wild" 

Christopher McCandless