Carroll v. U.S. - Criminal Justice Worksheet and Answer Key

Crenshaw Criminal Justice Learning Tools Worksheets are designed to be an effective tool in the ongoing effort to encourage students to remain engaged with the information they are learning. The worksheets provided will: 1) Help students identify an underlying big picture, 2) Differentiate instruction, 3) Focus students’ attention, 4) Deliver and summarize content efficiently, and 5) Connect new information to previously covered material.

This worksheet teaches students about Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132 (1925), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that upheld the warrantless searches of an automobile, which is known as the automobile exception or Carroll Doctrine. The case has also been cited as widening the scope of search.