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In California v. Ciraolo (1986), a case involving the police using a plane to fly 1000 feet over Ciraolo's yard to see if he was growing marijuana, the Supreme Court ruled:
 
  a. the plane enhanced the police officer's natural vision and, therefore, the Fourth Amendment was implicatedand the officers should be held to the probable cause and warrant requirements.
 b. the plane enhanced the officer's vision but they had probable cause based on other evidence.
  c. the plane didn't enhance the officer's vision, therefore it was a plain view search outside the purview of theFourth Amendment.
 d. the Fourth Amendment restricts officers from using airplanes to search for drugs.

Question 2

An officer who uses a flash light to look inside the front seat of a locked, illegally parked automobile on a public street and notices a bag of marijuana on a front seat has:
 
  a. conducted an illegal search because he enhanced his normal senses with a flashlight.
  b. conducted an illegal search because he looked into the windows of a locked car.
  c. not conducted a search at all and his actions are not in violation of the Fourth Amendment because themarijuana was in plain view.
 d. conducted a legal search because under the Fourth Amendment he can use a flashlight.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c



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