Question: 1. What is meant by the "area of immediate control" where the police can search after an arrest? Does that phrase have a fixed meaning in terms of distance from where the arrest took place?
2. Assume you are an officer who has just arrested a suspect 20 yards from her car. Can you search her car? In other words, is it an "area of immediate control"? Justify your answer.
3. "A citizen can make an arrest any time he or she sees a crime being committed." True or false? Explain your answer.