Question

Crimes. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is very interested in Tara’s herbal tea and its ingredients. When DEA agents arrive at Tara’s home and pound on her door, she slips out the back and drives to the airport. When the agents realize what has happened, they race after her, pull her over and arrest her on probable cause. They then proceed to search her, the passenger seat and the car trunk. Can evidence obtained from the various searches be introduced against her at trial?

Select one:

a. Yes: from her person only

b. Yes: from the passenger seat

c. Yes: from her person and the passenger seat

d. Yes: from her person, the passenger seat and the trunk

Answer 1

Answer:-

d.Yes:from her person,the passenger seat and the trunk.

It is quiet evident from the situation that Tara was trying to escape.There are chances that she was guilty and hence tried to run away.Evidence obtained from her person,the passenger seat and the trunk can very well be introduced against her at trial.There are two types of search warrants :-1.a criminal search warrant and 2.an administrative inspection warrant.In our case,we would have obtained administrative inspection warrant and there is an imminent threat to public health or safety and hence any evidence obtained can be introduced against her at trial.