Does unprovoked flight + high-crime area = reasonable suspicion? Explain.

Searches, Arrests and Property Abandonment

writing assignment/criminal procedures/short answers

1. Why can plain-view searches be called nonsearches? Identify and describe the situations when the three conditions of the plain-view doctrine apply.

2. Identify and give an example of each of the two elements that determines whether property is abandoned for Fourth Amendment purposes.

3. Does unprovoked flight + high-crime area = reasonable suspicion? Explain.

4. Identify the characteristics of a full custodial arrest and contrast it with a stop. Why do we call arrests a zone and not a point?

5. Compare the definition of reasonable suspicion with probable cause. What two interests does probable cause balance?

short answers are required. dont forgot to use blue book format in listing references

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