TEST BANK FOR TCOLE ARREST, SEARCH
AND SEIZURE ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS TOP RATED
VERSION FOR 2025-2026 ALREADY A GRADED
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All persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be
convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proved
____________________________. The fact that he has been arrested,
confined, or indicted for, or otherwise charged with, the offense gives
rise to _________________________. - ANSWER- Beyond a
reasonable doubt/No influence of guilt at his trail
There are _______________ but similar definitions of probable cause,
one for search and one for arrest, because different types of information
are required to establish probable cause in each instance. - ANSWER-
Two different
_______________________ is when probable cause exists where the
facts and circumstances within the officer's knowledge, and of which
they have reasonable trustworthy information, are sufficient in
themselves to warrant a belief by a man of reasonable caution that a
crime is being committed. - ANSWER- Probable cause to arrest
_________________________ is when probable cause to search exists
when "the facts and circumstances within their [the officers'] knowledge
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and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information [are]
sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the
belief that [seizable property would be found in a particular place or on a
particular person]. - ANSWER- Probable cause to search
The probable cause test, then, must show that
____________________________ of the officer's knowledge are
sufficient enough to warrant a reasonable person to believe a suspect has
committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime. - ANSWER-
The facts and circumstances
________________ is a hunch or the feeling of intuition. Although
intuitively knowing something is undoubtedly a skill that serves law
enforcement officers well, mere suspicion is insufficient proof of any
fact in a court of law. - ANSWER- Mere suspicion
______________________ is based upon the totality of the
circumstances and is less burden than probable cause. - ANSWER-
Reasonable suspicion
The prosecuting attorney ________________________ of an exception
in the accusation charging commission of the offense and prove beyond
a reasonable doubt that the defendant or defendant's conduct does not
fall within the exception. - ANSWER- Must negate the existence
"__________________" means a belief that would be held by an
ordinary and prudent man in the same circumstances as the actor. -
ANSWER- Reasonable belief
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Facts and circumstances within the officer's knowledge and of which he
has reasonably trustworthy information sufficient to warrant a prudent
man in believing that the person to be arrested is, has, or is about to
commit a crime best describes as _____________. - ANSWER-
Probable cause to search
An apparent state of the facts found to exist upon reasonable inquiry
which would induct a reasonably intelligent and prudent man to believe,
in a criminal case, that the accused person has committed the crime
charges best defines as _________________. - ANSWER- Probable
cause
Police may make a valid stop if they have ___________________. -
ANSWER- Reasonable suspicion
What does a peace officer need to make a lawful stop? It is
__________________. - ANSWER- Reasonable suspicion
The act of imaging; the apprehension of something without proof or on
slight evidence best defines as ____________. - ANSWER- Suspicion
If a peace officer uses deadly force to stop/seize a criminal suspect, what
determines whether the seizure was lawful under the U.S. Constitution is
____________________. - ANSWER- Reasonableness
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___________________________ is a peace officers are free to approach
and ask questions of persons so long as officers recognize that those
persons can refuse to identify themselves, refuse to cooperate, refuse to
answer questions, and simply walk away. - ANSWER- Consensual
encounters
_____________________________ is a temporary seizure of a person
for investigation based on an officer's reasonable suspicion of criminal
activity. - ANSWER- Investigatory stops/detentions
_______ is when taken a person into custody for purposes of charging
them with a crime based on an officer's establishment of probable cause.
- ANSWER- Arrests
In ________________________________, peace officers are free to
approach and ask questions of persons so long as officers recognize that
those persons can refuse to identify themselves, refuse to cooperate,
refuse to answer questions, and simply walk away. - ANSWER-
Consensual encounters
In ________________________________, a person can be temporarily
seizure for an investigation based on an officer's reasonable suspicion of
criminal activity. - ANSWER- Investigatory stops/detentions
In ______________________________________________, when an
officer's establishment of probable cause, the officer can take the
persons into custody for purposes of charging them with a crime. -
ANSWER- Arrests