Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that when police encounter a situation where a subject is injured, may be about to be injured, or is in need of aid, exigent circumstances exist, and a warrant is not needed to enter a home.
2. Any traffic offense committed by a driver provides a legal basis for a traffic stop.
3. If a vehicle with multiple occupants is stopped by a police officer, only the driver is subject to being searched.
4. No warrant is required to search garbage left outside of a house for collection.
5. The police may not, without a warrant, search a cell phone seized from an arrestee, unless exigent circumstances or consent exist.


1. True
2. True
3 False
4. True
.5. True

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