UPTP EXAM 2 VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Tests for relevant probable cause
Credibility of source, basis of knowledge, and totality of circumstances
Probable Cause that needs corroboration
Anonymous sources, confidential informants
Ways to corroborate PC sources
1st hand info, previous reliability, predictable info, statements against interest, degree of
detachment
Makes PC reliable
Timeliness, how long ago was the info obtained?
Helps corroborate PC
Who, what, when, where, how?
Exclusionary Rule
Evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment is not admissible in court (Fruit of the
poisonous tree)
,Exclusionary Rule exceptions
Standing, Good Faith, Inevitable discovery, impeachment, and foreign searches
Standing
Only the defendant with violated 4th rights can benefit, must be proven with REP
Good faith
Only applies when an officer reasonably relies on a mistake made by someone else
REP search areas
Body, dwellings, vehicles, containers, government workplaces, abandon property, mail,
curtilage, open fields
Body search REP
External does not require 4th, internal does
Dwelling places REP
Highly protected REP
, Vehicles REP
Lower REP, getting inside creates higher REP
Vehicle Passengers REP
No REP in vehicle, but REP in own body and containers
Rental REP
Same as vehicle REP if lawfully controlled until date of return
Containers REP
REP inside, unless see through or distinctive configurations
Abandon Property REP
Individual gives up right to REP in object through word, deed, no retention of REP
Government workplaces REP
Depends on policy
Public commercial areas REP
No REP
Tests for relevant probable cause
Credibility of source, basis of knowledge, and totality of circumstances
Probable Cause that needs corroboration
Anonymous sources, confidential informants
Ways to corroborate PC sources
1st hand info, previous reliability, predictable info, statements against interest, degree of
detachment
Makes PC reliable
Timeliness, how long ago was the info obtained?
Helps corroborate PC
Who, what, when, where, how?
Exclusionary Rule
Evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment is not admissible in court (Fruit of the
poisonous tree)
,Exclusionary Rule exceptions
Standing, Good Faith, Inevitable discovery, impeachment, and foreign searches
Standing
Only the defendant with violated 4th rights can benefit, must be proven with REP
Good faith
Only applies when an officer reasonably relies on a mistake made by someone else
REP search areas
Body, dwellings, vehicles, containers, government workplaces, abandon property, mail,
curtilage, open fields
Body search REP
External does not require 4th, internal does
Dwelling places REP
Highly protected REP
, Vehicles REP
Lower REP, getting inside creates higher REP
Vehicle Passengers REP
No REP in vehicle, but REP in own body and containers
Rental REP
Same as vehicle REP if lawfully controlled until date of return
Containers REP
REP inside, unless see through or distinctive configurations
Abandon Property REP
Individual gives up right to REP in object through word, deed, no retention of REP
Government workplaces REP
Depends on policy
Public commercial areas REP
No REP
