Describe a search incident to a pretext arrest, and explain its significance
What will be an ideal response?
A pretext stop or arrest occurs when police officers use the objective basis for one
event, commonly a traffic offense, as a means to do a search and/or an investigation
for a more serious crime that the officers believe the stopped individual may have
committed but for which they do not have probable cause.
For example, police officers may believe that someone has drugs in their car.
However, they do not have probable cause to search the car for drugs. The police
could follow the car until the driver commits a traffic violation and then stop the car for
this. If the state law allows, they could then arrest the driver for the violation and
conduct a search incident to lawful arrest of the car's interior, pursuant to Belton. If
the search turns up drugs, then the driver will be arrested for that more serious
offense.
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A) Administrative theory B) Bureaucratic approach C) Scientific management approach D) Total quality management
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
State the facts of the SCOTUS case New York v. Quarles, and explain its significance
What will be an ideal response?
Since inmates have a significant need for educational programs, most prisons provide these programs
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.