Author Question: Which of the following statements is true about searches in Texas? a. Citizens are guarded ... (Read 59 times)

kellyjaisingh · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which of the following statements is true about searches in Texas?

a. Citizens are guarded against illegal searches by the Fifth Amendment.
b. Search warrants are granted by the sheriff of the county.
c. Searches of cars require a search warrant.
d. Arrested people cannot be searched immediately.

Question 2

Rafael, a man with a criminal record in Texas, was seen hiding a gun and some cash in his car close to where a bank had been robbed the previous day.

He appeared to have been wounded in the leg, similar to the eyewitnesses' account of how the robber was injured while escaping from the bank. Rafael can be arrested under which of the following provisions?
a. the exclusionary rule
b. the nolo contendere
c. probable cause
d. a plea bargain