What term describes restraining a person's freedom and charging them with a crime?

• A. Warrant
• B. Arrest
• C. No-knock warrant
• D. Plain view doctrine

Answer: (B)

Taking someone into custody and charging them with a crime is an arrest. An arrest is the act that restrains a person’s freedom of movement and initiates the criminal process by bringing them before a court. It can be done with a warrant or without one, as long as there is probable cause to believe the person committed a crime. A warrant is simply a judicial order authorizing a specific action, such as an arrest or a search, and is not the act of restraining someone by itself. A no-knock warrant is a type of warrant that permits entering without prior announcement in certain circumstances, but it is still a warrant, not the act of arrest. The plain view doctrine relates to when evidence in plain sight can be seized during a lawful stop or search, not to restraining someone or charging them with a crime.