Please help! Read through the following examples and determine whether a proper search and seizure occurred, whether someone's privacy rights were violated, and or whether the requirements for a warrant were met. If there is a warrant exception, provide which specific exception. Please be sure to cite your sources. NOTE: If the answer to a question is "Yes," explain why. 1) Fred is arrested for driving while intoxicated after being pulled over for speeding. A search of his car reveals crack cocaine in the glove compartment and child pornography in the trunk.

a) Are there any issue concerning privacy rights?

b) Is there an issue of proper search and seizure?

c) Are there any issues concerning warrants?

2) The police are called to Bill's house by neighbors who see him beating up his wife,

Jessica. Jessica admits the police into the house over Bill's objection that they should not

enter. Based on physical evidence and statements made by Jessica, Bill is arrested for

battery. Bill is further charged for possession of marijuana that police find in his back

pocket following arrest.

a) Are there any issue concerning privacy rights?

b) Is there an issue of proper search and seizure?

c) Are there any issues concerning warrants?

3)Officer Smith knocks on a murder suspect's door, the door is answered by the suspect's

5-year-old child, Tom. The officer asks Tom, "Is it okay if I come in and talk to your

dad? I'm a vacuum repair man and your dad is expecting me." Tom admits the officer

into the apartment. The officer then observes the suspect, Tom, Sr., sitting on the sofa

with a nearby switchblade, the suspected murder weapon. The officer arrests Tom Sr.

for murder.

a) Are there any issue concerning privacy rights?

b) Is there an issue of proper search and seizure?

c) Are there any issues concerning warrants?

4) Officer Demming has reason to believe that an abandoned car on the corner contains

drug money in the trunk. The car is missing all four wheels and is up on blocks. Officer

Demming uses a crowbar to open the trunk. There, he finds a bag full of money and

several packets of crack cocaine.

a) Are there any issue concerning privacy rights?

b) Is there an issue of proper search and seizure?

c) Are there any issues concerning warrants?

5) While running from police, Kevin runs up the steps of a brownstone house and through

the front door. Running through the house, Kevin goes through to the backyard and

leaps over a backyard fence, escaping. The police run up the steps and into the brownstone house as well, but come to a halt because the owner of the house, Steve, is cooking meth in his kitchen. Steve is arrested

for the illegal drugs.

a) Are there any issue concerning privacy rights?

b) Is there an issue of proper search and seizure?

c) Are there any issues concerning warrants?