Did Crist give authority to conduct a warrantless search of the green-brown backpack for the firearm?
Police agents, acting on a tip that prison escapee Purcell was at a motel, went there and arrested him outside without incident. Fearing an explosion resulting from methamphetamine manufacture, police knocked on the door of Purcell's room. They heard a shower running and a fan blowing. After three minutes Purcell's girlfriend, Yolande Crist opened the door. She gave agents consent to take a quick look around. The agents observed two duffel type bag suitcases near the door and a green-brown backpack located between the bed and window. Some items in the room looked suspicious. Agents received permission from Crist to conduct a more complete search. Asked if there was anything dangerous in the room, Crist replied that a firearm was in one of the bags but did not indicate which one. An agent pointed toward one duffel bag and asked, Is it this bag? Crist responded that it might be. The agent opened that first duffel bag near the door, and as he searched it Crist said that was her bag because she set her purse on top of it. Upon opening the bag, the agent discovered marijuana but no firearm. The bag did not contain Crist's personal effects, but instead contained only men's clothing, indicating it was actually Purcell's bag, which he did not share with her. The agent did not ask her to verify whether she owned any of the other bags in the room. Shortly thereafter, another agent found the firearm in the brown-green backpack. After discovering the firearm, Crist said that she gave the backpack to Purcell for his use. The firearm was introduced to convict Purcell.
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(Question #2) Which of the following was not suggested in the text as appropriate in guiding ethical conduct in criminal justice research?
a. the adopted code should be rigidly adhered to by all in order to be effective
b. avoid procedures which may harm respondents
c. respect reciprocity
d. protect confidentiality and privacy
(Question #3) Assume the role of a juvenile intake officer. A 15-year-old accused of burglary has been brought to you by police. What factors, both legal and extralegal, would you want to know in making a decision to release or process formally?
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(Question #4) The most important consideration when handling and processing physical evidence is preventing any change from taking place between the time the evidence is removed from the crime scene and the time it is received by the crime laboratory.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
(Question #5) of the poisonous tree doctrine expanded the scope of the exclusionary rule to use evidence obtained unconstitutionally.
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(Question #6) One gigabyte can be expressed as:
a. 1,000 bytes.
b. 1,000 megabytes (MB).
c. 1,000 kilobytes (KB).
d. 8,000 bits.
(Question #7) Was the dog sniff evidence admissible to obtain the search warrant?
Officer Pedraja obtained a warrant to search Jardines's house for marijuana, based on a crime stoppers tip, a dog sniff (by a dog who was previously reliable) conducted at the door of Jardines's house alerting for marijuana, and the fact that the air-conditioning unit of the residence ran continuously without recycling. Jardines argued that the dog sniff was a through-the-door intrusion into the privacy of his home and a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
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