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In U.S. v. Sokolow, involving the stop of a suspected drug smuggler based on a drug courier profile, the Supreme Court held that:
 
  a. drug courier profiles are unconstitutional
  b. drug courier profiles must be supported by a showing of probable cause
  c. some of the reasonable suspicion can be based on a drug courier profile as long as the totality ofcircumstances supports such suspicion
 d. reasonable suspicion is always supported if a suspect falls within a drug courier profile

Question 2

Categorical suspicion:
 
  a. can be sufficient in itself to amount to reasonable suspicion
  b. can be sufficient as long as the category in which the suspect falls is not based on race or ethnicity
  c. can be one of the factors in the entire picture of reasonable suspicion
  d. is sufficient in itself if officers can establish the stop occurred in a high crime area



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Answer to Question 1

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