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jeff is a drug dealer in california who sells a number of illegal narcotics. police obtain a warrant to search his home and position an undercover car outside. on the drive home, jeff is stopped by the lapd for a routine traffic violation - his right tail light had burned out. when the officer pulled jeff over, he shone his flashlight and noticed a gun in jeff’s back seat. after being placed in custody, the officer asks jeff to search his car. when jeff says nothing, he is asked to step out of the car. the officer opens the back door and pulls out a locked, opaque case, which had 30 helium balloons inside. helium balloons are illegal as a schedule 1 narcotic under us law, and jeff is charged with possession of illegal narcotics. jeff files a lawsuit claiming his 4th amendment right was violated and loses. why did the court rule that way?

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The court ruled that Jeff's 4th Amendment right was not violated because of a. The officers had an exception to the warrant requirement: Exigent Circumstances.

What is the 4th Amendment?

The Fourth Amendment offers American citizens the right and protection from unreasonable government searches and seizures.

However, the Fourth Amendment does not guarantee a citizen that reasonable searches and seizures cannot be conducted when there are exigent circumstances.

What are exigent circumstances?

Exigent circumstances are complicated circumstances that might warrant a person to be searched and incriminating evidence seized.

Exigent circumstances can be invoked with a warrant to search Jeff's home for the following purposes:

  • Prevent physical harm to persons
  • Evidence Destruction
  • Suspect's escape
  • Other frustrating consequences.

Thus, the court's ruling against Jeff's 4th Amendment rights shows that Option A was correct.

Learn more about the 4th Amendment rights at https://brainly.com/question/17104412

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Question Completion with Answer Options:

a. The officers had an exception to the warrant requirement: Exigent Circumstances

b. The officers had an exception to the warrant requirement: Stop and Frisk

c. No exception occurs; the warrant to search Jeff was valid and the search did not exceed the scope of that warrant.

d. The officers had an exception to the warrant requirement: Search Incident to Lawful Arrest (SILA)