Police Case Law(100% Verified)
Mapp v. Ohio correct answersAll evidence discovered as a result of a search and seizure
conducted in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution
("Constitution") shall be inadmissible in State court proceedings.
Griswold v. Connecticut correct answersA state cannot ban married couples from using
contraception. The right of a married couple to privacy is protected by the Constitution.
Whren v. US correct answersIn a conventional civil traffic stop, the Fourth Amendment is met
by the traditional common-law rule that probable cause justifies a search and seizure.
Payton v. New York correct answersThe Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United
States Constitution prohibit warrantless entries for arrests in homes.
Illinois v. Gates correct answersWhere an anonymous tip is corroborated with actual police
findings, a "totality of the circumstances" approach is an appropriate way of determining
probable cause instead of using the two-pronged test of "veracity/reliability" and "basis of
knowledge" from Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410 (1969). The Fourth Amendment of the
United States Constitution ("Constitution") requires no more than a finding by an issuing
magistrate that there is a "substantial basis" that a search will uncover evidence of wrongdoing.
Chimel v. California correct answersIncident to a lawful arrest, a search of any area beyond the
arrestee's immediate control, is unlawful under the Fourth Amendment of the United States
Constitution ("Constitution"), unless there is a clear danger that evidence may be destroyed or
concealed or there is an imminent threat of harm to the arresting officers.
Chambers v. Maroney correct answers"For constitutional purposes [there is] no difference
between seizing/holding a car before presenting the probable cause issue to a magistrate and
carrying out an immediate search without a warrant."
Knowles v. Iowa correct answersAn officer issuing a traffic citation cannot search the cited
person's vehicle.
Terry v. Ohio correct answersAn officer may perform a search for weapons without a warrant,
even without probable cause, when the officer reasonably believes that the person may be armed
and dangerous.
Minnesota v. Dickerson correct answers"If a police officer lawfully pats down a suspect's outer
clothing and feels an object whose contour or mass makes its identity immediately apparent,
there has been no invasion of the suspect's privacy beyond that already authorized by the officer's
search for weapons; if the object is contraband, its warrantless seizure would be justified by the
same practical considerations that inhere in the plain-view context."
Carroll v US correct answersPolice may conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle stopped on
traffic if there is probably cause to believe that the vehicle contains contraband or evidence. May
search if belief that vehicle may be gone before warrant is obtained.
Mapp v. Ohio correct answersAll evidence discovered as a result of a search and seizure
conducted in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution
("Constitution") shall be inadmissible in State court proceedings.
Griswold v. Connecticut correct answersA state cannot ban married couples from using
contraception. The right of a married couple to privacy is protected by the Constitution.
Whren v. US correct answersIn a conventional civil traffic stop, the Fourth Amendment is met
by the traditional common-law rule that probable cause justifies a search and seizure.
Payton v. New York correct answersThe Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United
States Constitution prohibit warrantless entries for arrests in homes.
Illinois v. Gates correct answersWhere an anonymous tip is corroborated with actual police
findings, a "totality of the circumstances" approach is an appropriate way of determining
probable cause instead of using the two-pronged test of "veracity/reliability" and "basis of
knowledge" from Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410 (1969). The Fourth Amendment of the
United States Constitution ("Constitution") requires no more than a finding by an issuing
magistrate that there is a "substantial basis" that a search will uncover evidence of wrongdoing.
Chimel v. California correct answersIncident to a lawful arrest, a search of any area beyond the
arrestee's immediate control, is unlawful under the Fourth Amendment of the United States
Constitution ("Constitution"), unless there is a clear danger that evidence may be destroyed or
concealed or there is an imminent threat of harm to the arresting officers.
Chambers v. Maroney correct answers"For constitutional purposes [there is] no difference
between seizing/holding a car before presenting the probable cause issue to a magistrate and
carrying out an immediate search without a warrant."
Knowles v. Iowa correct answersAn officer issuing a traffic citation cannot search the cited
person's vehicle.
Terry v. Ohio correct answersAn officer may perform a search for weapons without a warrant,
even without probable cause, when the officer reasonably believes that the person may be armed
and dangerous.
Minnesota v. Dickerson correct answers"If a police officer lawfully pats down a suspect's outer
clothing and feels an object whose contour or mass makes its identity immediately apparent,
there has been no invasion of the suspect's privacy beyond that already authorized by the officer's
search for weapons; if the object is contraband, its warrantless seizure would be justified by the
same practical considerations that inhere in the plain-view context."
Carroll v US correct answersPolice may conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle stopped on
traffic if there is probably cause to believe that the vehicle contains contraband or evidence. May
search if belief that vehicle may be gone before warrant is obtained.
