A hotel room or its equivalent is considered a “house,” as it is a temporary residence that enjoys Fourth Amendment protection.

Any unoccupied or undeveloped real property falling outside the curtilage of a home is referred to as:

Which of the following can be considered a characteristic of drug couriers?

Many government investigations are conducted by undercover agents or “false friends” posing as others. Generally, these searches are illegal.

When people ________ convey information or provide material to third parties, they cannot have a reasonable expectation of privacy (even if those third parties are best friends) because the third parties could easily turn the information over to authorities.

Who are considered government officials within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment?

Police officers can stop and detain motorists in their vehicles with articulable and reasonable suspicion that the motorist is violating the law.

A piece of property is in a person’s actual possession if he or she is physically holding or grasping the property.

The additional step of ________ a suspect is a Fourth Amendment intrusion that requires justification apart from that required to stop the person.

This term refers to more than bare suspicion; it exists when “the facts and circumstances within [the officers’] knowledge and of which they [have] reasonably trustworthy information [are] sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that the [suspect] had committed or was committing an offense.”