Question 1

What is meant by the "curtilage" around a home? Briefly explain what is meant by appurtenant property.

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Question 2

Explain the purpose and rationale underlying the concept of an anticipatory search warrant.

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Question 3

A ___________ search allows items discovered during the execution of a covert entry warrant to be seized if there is a "reasonable necessity for the seizure."

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Question 4

Explain when law enforcement authorities may be legally authorized to make a "sneak and peak" covert entry into private property.Explain the use of "sneak and peak" warrants by law enforcement prior to the passing of the USA PATRIOT ACT.

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Question 5

A ______________ is a condition precedent,other than the passage of time,which will establish probable cause to conduct a search and/or seizure.

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Question 6

A _______ of property occurs when there is some meaningful interference with an individual's possessory interests in that property.

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Question 7

Explain the difference between search warrants in colonial America and search warrants that are issued today.

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Question 8

To avoid the severity of total repression of evidence when a small mistake is made in a search warrant,the courts have adopted partial suppression,better known as __________________.

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Question 9

A search warrant based on an affidavit showing probable cause that evidence of a certain crime will be located at a specific place in the future is known as a(n)_______________ search warrant.

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Question 10

Even though the search warrant on its face is still valid,the executing officer must nevertheless determine if the probable cause ______________________ before beginning the search.

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Question 11

Explain the concept of severability as it relates to warrants.

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Question 12

Explain the rule of law developed from the Segura case?

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Question 13

Pick an item in the classroom and write a description sufficient to satisfy the particularity requirement of the Fourth Amendment.
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Question 14

Explain "knock and announce" and why this rule exists.

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Question 15

A ________________search warrant specifically authorizes officers to enter unoccupied premises,search for specified evidence,and then leave-without seizing the evidence they find,and without leaving a trace that an entry has been made.

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Question 16

Explain the process of applying for a search warrant.Identify the considerations a law enforcement officer must be aware of if (s)he is to be successful in obtaining a search warrant.

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Question 17

Explain the purpose and nature of Rule 41.

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Question 18

Regardless of the justification for a delay,warrants must be executed before probable cause dissipates,a process commonly referred to as _________.

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Question 19

The person swearing-out an affidavit is referred to as the __________.

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Question 20

A ___________ is used to allow a criminal suspect to challenge the sufficiency of the information upon which an affidavit supporting a warrant is based.

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Quiz 4: Criminal Investigatory Search Warrants