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newyorker26

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In the case of Wilson v Arkansas (1995), what did the court decide?
 
  a. The police can never enter a home to execute a warrant without knocking first.
  b. Searches of automobiles did not require probable cause because of the mobility factor.
  c. Officers can only pat someone down, and the pat-down can only be for weapons.
  d. The issue of allowing police to enter without knocking was reasonable but the state courts were remandedto determine reasonableness for the use of a no-knock entry.

Question 2

The major issue of contention between the Supreme Court majority opinion and the dissenting opinion in Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, the case involving the consent search of the defendant's car, was:
 
  a. whether consent to search was actually obtained by the officers.
  b. whether the initial stop of the defendant's car was lawful.
  c. the coercion of the defendant to obtain the consent.
  d. whether the police must inform a suspect of her right to refuse consent to a consent search.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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