Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Once a warrant has been legally issued by a court, it can be executed at the investigating officer's leisure.
2. You are a patrol officer assigned to downtown Manhattan. During a routine stop, you see a baggie of white powder sitting on the back seat. You are allowed to confiscate this as evidence based on the plain view doctrine.
3. Police were issued a standard search warrant to look for evidence in the home of Homer Gooch. They arrive at 2:30 in the morning to do the search because they want to catch him unawares. This was a perfectly legal search, wasn't it?
4. Police officers show up at the home of Gimme Moore and present a warrant to search her home. It is duly signed by the local magistrate, but does not specify a reason for the search. She can have that warrant quashed because it does not offer probable cause.
5. As an investigator you confiscate a computer as part of the execution of a legal warrant that specified you could search the house. Now in order to search the hard disk of that drive you will need an additional warrant.
6. An investigator blatantly exceeded the scope of the warrant he was issued and found child pornography when he was supposed to be looking for drugs. The defense successfully got his evidence dismissed on the basis of the discretionary rule.
7. Dealers meet in the middle of a pasture to do a drug deal. They chose this place because it is the middle of nowhere and nobody can easily overhear what they say. Federal agents use specialized equipment to record and video their actions. The drug dealers can have those tapes dismissed as evidence because they invaded their privacy.

Answer 1

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