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1. Officer Kent is a 25-year veteran of the state police force. He has conducted thousands of investigations and made thousands of arrests. One day he saw a man and woman talking on a street corner. He approached them and conducted a pat-down search of each, finding two marijuana joints in the man's pocket but nothing on the woman. He then forced the woman to empty her purse, which contained a packet of cocaine. He arrested them and took them back to the station. When asked by his sergeant what made him think the couple did anything wrong, he said, "25 years of experience and a feeling in my gut." Will the drugs be admitted into evidence at their trial? Please explain why or why not.

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1. You have just purchased a new car. After driving the car for a few days, you go through a puddle of water while turning through an intersection. The water splashes up and your power steering momentarily stops operating. You lose control and run into a car parked along the road. You read in the paper the next day that the power-steering problem has occurred with this model car before and a recall is being considered. If you sue the manufacturer, what are the theories (or basis) of product liability you may sue under and how do they differ?