MPTC MV Law Exam with accurate detailed ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
solutions
Fourth Amendment - correct answer✔✔Protects against unreasonable search
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and seizure ||!||
Police intrusions - correct answer✔✔Non-investigatory encounters
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No legal justification required
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4 types of police intrusions - correct answer✔✔Administrative stop
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Investigative Stop ||!||
Investigative Frisk or Pat Down for Weapons ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Arrest or Evidentiary Searches of Persons or Things
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Delaware v. Prouse - correct answer✔✔Premises behind MV stopping protocol ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
OUI roadblock - correct answer✔✔For a motor vehicle to be stopped:
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- must not be arbitrary;
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- safety must be assured;
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- motorists inconvenience must be minimized; and
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- assurance must be given that the procedure is being conducted persuant to a
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plan devised by law Enforcement supervisory personal
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Blue lights - correct answer✔✔A stop begins when these lights are activated ...
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,Exit Orders - correct answer✔✔When justified to stop a vehicle, officers may ask
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occupants to exit the vehicle for their safety;
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Must be given first before any action in the threshold inquiry
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Frisk of the MV - correct answer✔✔Police must have justification in order to
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perform
Does not automatically extend to the entire passenger areas
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Grabbing Area - correct answer✔✔Console ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Glove compartment ||!||
Under the seat ||!|| ||!||
The occupants themselves ||!|| ||!||
Consent to search a MV - correct answer✔✔If given, neither a warrant or ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
probable cause needs to exist; ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Must be given to the police freely, intelligently, and voluntarily
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Search incident to an arrest - correct answer✔✔Does not require probable cause
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Search for evidence related to the crime or weapons ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
As long as probable cause for the arrest exists, this search is permissible
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Automobile Exception - correct answer✔✔Probable cause to believe that ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in the vehicle. ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
3 step analysis:
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1) MV stopped on public way
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2) parked on public way
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, 3) found in a place where the public has access
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Exigency - correct answer✔✔urgent matter; pressing need ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Inherent mobility of a MV ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Police can eliminate by waiting ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
MV Inventory - correct answer✔✔Administrative Function;
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Interests: ||!||
1) protect vehicle
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2) protect police & tow company
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3) protection of the public from dangerous items
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search accessible locations ||!|| ||!||
document items in vehicle ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
mark items that are locked as just "locked ____"
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must be done according to guidelines in the policy and not at the discretion of
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the officer ||!||
MV Enforcement options - correct answer✔✔Verbal Warning
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Written Warning ||!||
Civil Motor Vehicle Infraction
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Criminal Motor Vehicle Infraction ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Mixed CMVI and Criminal Offense ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Arrest
solutions
Fourth Amendment - correct answer✔✔Protects against unreasonable search
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and seizure ||!||
Police intrusions - correct answer✔✔Non-investigatory encounters
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No legal justification required
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4 types of police intrusions - correct answer✔✔Administrative stop
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Investigative Stop ||!||
Investigative Frisk or Pat Down for Weapons ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Arrest or Evidentiary Searches of Persons or Things
||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Delaware v. Prouse - correct answer✔✔Premises behind MV stopping protocol ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
OUI roadblock - correct answer✔✔For a motor vehicle to be stopped:
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- must not be arbitrary;
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- safety must be assured;
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- motorists inconvenience must be minimized; and
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- assurance must be given that the procedure is being conducted persuant to a
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plan devised by law Enforcement supervisory personal
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Blue lights - correct answer✔✔A stop begins when these lights are activated ...
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,Exit Orders - correct answer✔✔When justified to stop a vehicle, officers may ask
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occupants to exit the vehicle for their safety;
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Must be given first before any action in the threshold inquiry
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Frisk of the MV - correct answer✔✔Police must have justification in order to
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perform
Does not automatically extend to the entire passenger areas
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Grabbing Area - correct answer✔✔Console ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Glove compartment ||!||
Under the seat ||!|| ||!||
The occupants themselves ||!|| ||!||
Consent to search a MV - correct answer✔✔If given, neither a warrant or ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
probable cause needs to exist; ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Must be given to the police freely, intelligently, and voluntarily
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Search incident to an arrest - correct answer✔✔Does not require probable cause
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Search for evidence related to the crime or weapons ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
As long as probable cause for the arrest exists, this search is permissible
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Automobile Exception - correct answer✔✔Probable cause to believe that ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in the vehicle. ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
3 step analysis:
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1) MV stopped on public way
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2) parked on public way
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, 3) found in a place where the public has access
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Exigency - correct answer✔✔urgent matter; pressing need ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Inherent mobility of a MV ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Police can eliminate by waiting ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
MV Inventory - correct answer✔✔Administrative Function;
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Interests: ||!||
1) protect vehicle
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2) protect police & tow company
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3) protection of the public from dangerous items
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search accessible locations ||!|| ||!||
document items in vehicle ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
mark items that are locked as just "locked ____"
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must be done according to guidelines in the policy and not at the discretion of
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the officer ||!||
MV Enforcement options - correct answer✔✔Verbal Warning
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Written Warning ||!||
Civil Motor Vehicle Infraction
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Criminal Motor Vehicle Infraction ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Mixed CMVI and Criminal Offense ||!|| ||!|| ||!|| ||!||
Arrest
