Assignment:
Reading the chapter: Searches, Seizures and Arrests
1. Should the exclusionary rule (used for evidence) also be applied to illegal arrests? Discuss the standards used by the court in U.S. v.Toscanino (p. 459).
2. A police officer is approached by a man on the street who tells the officer that he was just robbed. The man points out the robber, who is standing in a park just across the street. Must the officer obtain a warrant to make the arrest?
3. A police officer is approached by a man on the street who tells the officer that he was just robbed. Although he did not see where the robber fled, he knew the assailant's name and address, as the two men "grew up together." The officer and the victim went to the police station and completed an incident report. After a telephone call to one of suspect's neighbors, they learned that he was at home. Must the officer obtain a warrant to make the arrest?
4. What is a protective sweep?