TCOLE BPOC Arrest Search and
Seizure Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Terry v. Ohio -
correct answer ✅Landmark ruling that a police officer can detain
without arrest, and frisk for officer safety when there is reasonable
suspicion that a crime is about to be committed. Court rules that
detention is a seizure, and frisk is a search, but is allowable since
they are temporary and limited in scope.
Exclusionary Rule -
correct answer ✅Mapp v. Ohio: Supreme Court decision set the
judicially established rule that prohibits the use of evidence
obtained in violation of the 4th amendment in court.
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree -
correct answer ✅Evidence obtained after illegal government
action will be excluded from evidence. This includes
physical/tangible as well as intangibles such as subsequent
confessions, admissions, identifications, and testimony obtained as
a result of the initial unlawful act.- Wong Sun V. US
"good faith" exception -
correct answer ✅Evidence seized in reasonable, good-faith
reliance
, TCOLE BPOC Arrest Search and
Seizure Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
"plain view" doctrine -
correct answer ✅That anything a police officer sees in plain view,
when that officer has the right to be where he or she is, is not the
product of a search and is therefore admissible as evidence. So with
plain view you can seize the item without a warrant. Definition of
plain view: Object falling in plain view of officer who has the right
to be in position to have that view are subject to seizure without a
warrant and may be introduced in evidence.
four elements that have been used by courts to determine whether
an arrest has occurred -
correct answer ✅• Intent
• Authority
• Actual seizure
• Understanding
•Intent -
correct answer ✅A peace officer's purpose or intention to take a
person into the custody of the law.
Seizure Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Terry v. Ohio -
correct answer ✅Landmark ruling that a police officer can detain
without arrest, and frisk for officer safety when there is reasonable
suspicion that a crime is about to be committed. Court rules that
detention is a seizure, and frisk is a search, but is allowable since
they are temporary and limited in scope.
Exclusionary Rule -
correct answer ✅Mapp v. Ohio: Supreme Court decision set the
judicially established rule that prohibits the use of evidence
obtained in violation of the 4th amendment in court.
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree -
correct answer ✅Evidence obtained after illegal government
action will be excluded from evidence. This includes
physical/tangible as well as intangibles such as subsequent
confessions, admissions, identifications, and testimony obtained as
a result of the initial unlawful act.- Wong Sun V. US
"good faith" exception -
correct answer ✅Evidence seized in reasonable, good-faith
reliance
, TCOLE BPOC Arrest Search and
Seizure Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
"plain view" doctrine -
correct answer ✅That anything a police officer sees in plain view,
when that officer has the right to be where he or she is, is not the
product of a search and is therefore admissible as evidence. So with
plain view you can seize the item without a warrant. Definition of
plain view: Object falling in plain view of officer who has the right
to be in position to have that view are subject to seizure without a
warrant and may be introduced in evidence.
four elements that have been used by courts to determine whether
an arrest has occurred -
correct answer ✅• Intent
• Authority
• Actual seizure
• Understanding
•Intent -
correct answer ✅A peace officer's purpose or intention to take a
person into the custody of the law.
