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

1. A tip from a confidential informant can give rise to probable cause to obtain a search warrant.

2. Police must have “probable cause” before subjecting a suspicious person to a “stop-and-frisk.”

3. The protections of the Fourth Amendment apply only to a person’s home and not to other types of structures.

4. Persons crossing the national border or other functional equivalents are not protected by the Fourth Amendment.


1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T

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