Police can forcibly keep a person from entering his own home, unless he consents to allowing the police to enter the place, without a warrant, for the time period during which police seek to obtain a search warrant

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE Illinois v. McArthur (2001 )

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With standard probation, probationer contact with probation officers is:

a. stringent. b. excessive. c. minimal. d. burdensome.

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DNA testing could possibly:

A. Turn a de facto father into a presumed father. B. Turn a presumed father into a putative father. C. Turn a putative father into the legal father. D. Turn a legal father into a putative father.

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About how many people per year are denied firearm purchases due to mental health issues?

A. 9,000 B. 6,500 C. 5,500 D. 3,000

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Based on Supreme Court precedents established in D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago, which outcome is most likely?

A recently passed ordinance in Gotham City makes it a crime for any individual other than a law enforcement officer to possess a handgun in the home or to carry a handgun on the street. Knuckles Bradley disregards this ordinance and is arrested when police see him holding a gun on a public sidewalk. While being questioned, Knuckles admits to police that he also keeps a loaded gun in his home. The local D.A. charges Bradley with two counts of illegal possession of a firearm—one for the gun he was carrying, and one for the gun in his home. a. Both charges are likely to be vacated. b. Both charges are likely to result in valid convictions. c. The charge for the gun kept at the house will be vacated, while the other charge will not. d. The charge for the gun brought into public will be vacated, while the other charge will not.

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