Answer the multiple-choice, main idea question based on the content of the paragraph.
Legal searches of premises include those authorized by search warrants, consent,
and urgent circumstances. The Supreme Court has given considerable latitude to
police in the areas of person and vehicle searches, but has been reluctant to relax
the search of premises. One of the rules of the legal search of premises is that only
the person in legal control can give consent. If the property is held in common by
more than one holder, then any owner can give consent. If police deceive a person
by telling him or her they have a search warrant when they do not, then the search
is illegal because it was done by trickery rather than by consent. Perhaps the
Supreme Court has been reluctant to give police total authority to search premises
because of the traditional belief that "a person's home is his or her castle."
(Bartollas & Hahn, p.149)
The gist of the paragraph is that
the police can search virtually anyone, any place, any time without authorization.
the Supreme Court has given latitude to police for vehicle and person searches
but is reluctant in regard to searching premises.
a person's home is his or her castle.
