Search & Seizure Flashcards
A search warrant must be based upon a…
complaint supported by affidavit alleging probable cause.
An affidavit for a search warrant must describe…
places, things, or persons to be searched.
If a warrant is not executed within ….
15 days after issuance, otherwise it is void.
To support probable cause, the affidavit is tested by the…
totality of the circumstances test, in which reliability and credibility of the informer and their basis of knowledge are intertwined considerations.
Virginia prohibits the use of _______ warrants.
no-knock
A motion to suppress illegally seized evidence must be…
timely made, to avoid the possibility of waiver.
Denial of a motion to suppress is not…
appealable, without a final judgment on the merits.
No person in custodial arrest for a traffic infraction or other similar crimes may be strip searched unless…
there is reasonable cause to believe that the individual is concealing a weapon.
Strip searches must be performed by…
persons of the same sex as the person searched.
An anonymous tip that a person is driving while intoxicated will not be sufficient under the totality of the circumstances test unless…
it includes information predictive of criminal activity.
