Criminal Procedure

Issue Spot: The Late-Night Garage

Fourth Amendment Search & Seizure

Issue SpottingMedium
Est. 9 min

Hypothetical

Officers have a warrant to search Dan's house for stolen electronics. They execute it at night without knocking. While inside, they open the attached garage and find a kilo of cocaine in a toolbox. An officer also sees Dan's car in the driveway with a backpack visible on the seat and searches the car, finding a firearm. Dan's roommate Lee answers the door and says 'sure, you can look around' before the warrant is shown.

Call of the question

Select every Fourth Amendment issue the court must resolve before admitting these items. Select all that apply.

Select every statement that states a live Fourth Amendment issue. Do not select statements that misstate the rule or raise no genuine search-and-seizure question.

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How this is scored

You get credit for every relevant issue you select. Relevant issues you miss and issues you select that the facts do not support both count against you.

score = issues found ÷ (found + missed + unsupported)

Select every issue the facts support, then submit.

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