MPOETC Certification Exam Guide|
Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct| Grade A (2023/ 2024)
QUESTION
Custodial detention
Answer:
Probable cause, person is under arrest
QUESTION
Terry search
Answer:
Only searching for weapons! Must establish reasonable suspicion, believe actor is armed and
criminal activity is occurring
QUESTION
Plain feel doctrine
Answer:
A police officer may seize non-threatening contraband detected through the sense of touch
during a Terry frisk, if the officer is lawfully in a position to conduct a frisk.
QUESTION
Terry search of a car
Answer:
Search anywhere in arms reach unless locked, must have a warrant to search locked glove box,
etc
,QUESTION
Commonwealth v Mimms
Answer:
Right to order driver into or out vehicle to ensure safety
QUESTION
Commonwealth v Brown
Answer:
Order passengers out vehicle
QUESTION
Bunch case
Answer:
Charge everyone in a vehicle of a crime even though one suspect is guilty
QUESTION
Four sources that govern an officers power
Answer:
4th amendment of U.S. constitution
Article 1 section 8 of PA constitution
Case law
PA rules off procedure
QUESTION
Mapp v. Ohio
, Answer:
Exclusionary rule: a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.
QUESTION
U.S. v Leon
Answer:
Good faith exception: evidence won't be suppressed if acted in good faith
QUESTION
Nix v Williams
Answer:
Inevitable discovery: prove illegally seized evidence would've been legally discovered anyway
QUESTION
Katz v U.S.
Answer:
Expectation of privacy
QUESTION
Illinois v Wardlow
Answer:
Mere presence in crime area isn't sufficient for Terry stop
QUESTION
Staleness
Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct| Grade A (2023/ 2024)
QUESTION
Custodial detention
Answer:
Probable cause, person is under arrest
QUESTION
Terry search
Answer:
Only searching for weapons! Must establish reasonable suspicion, believe actor is armed and
criminal activity is occurring
QUESTION
Plain feel doctrine
Answer:
A police officer may seize non-threatening contraband detected through the sense of touch
during a Terry frisk, if the officer is lawfully in a position to conduct a frisk.
QUESTION
Terry search of a car
Answer:
Search anywhere in arms reach unless locked, must have a warrant to search locked glove box,
etc
,QUESTION
Commonwealth v Mimms
Answer:
Right to order driver into or out vehicle to ensure safety
QUESTION
Commonwealth v Brown
Answer:
Order passengers out vehicle
QUESTION
Bunch case
Answer:
Charge everyone in a vehicle of a crime even though one suspect is guilty
QUESTION
Four sources that govern an officers power
Answer:
4th amendment of U.S. constitution
Article 1 section 8 of PA constitution
Case law
PA rules off procedure
QUESTION
Mapp v. Ohio
, Answer:
Exclusionary rule: a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.
QUESTION
U.S. v Leon
Answer:
Good faith exception: evidence won't be suppressed if acted in good faith
QUESTION
Nix v Williams
Answer:
Inevitable discovery: prove illegally seized evidence would've been legally discovered anyway
QUESTION
Katz v U.S.
Answer:
Expectation of privacy
QUESTION
Illinois v Wardlow
Answer:
Mere presence in crime area isn't sufficient for Terry stop
QUESTION
Staleness
