Unfortunately for privacy itself, the Fourth Amendment does permit searches and seizures that are co...
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Chapter 2—Search and Seizure: When the Police Can Search for and Seize Evidence The Fourth Amendmen...
3. How Can an Illegal Search Affect My Criminal Case? In Mapp v. Ohio (1961), the Supreme Court est...
5. If a Police Officer Finds Contraband(违禁品) or Evidence of Crime in the Course of a Search, Does T...
Section II: Search Warrants This section describes search warrants and explains when they are and a...
Case Example: Officer Wiley arrests Hy Lowe for selling phony telephone cards. A judge ruled that Of...
Case Example 1: Officer Furlong searches a residence for evidence of illegal bookmaking pursuant to ...
· an informant whose information appears to be correct after at least partial verification by the po...
16. The Police Had a Warrant to Search a Friend I Was Visiting, and They Searched Me as Well. Is Thi...
Section III: Warrantless and Consent Searches This section discusses when a warrantless search may ...
21. If I Agree to Open My Door to Talk to a Police Officer, and the Officer Enters Without My Permis...
20. If a Police Officer Tricks or Coerces Me Into Consenting to a Search, Does My Consent Make the ...
27. If My Employer Consents to a Police Search of My Workspace, Are the Results of the Search Admiss...
24. While I'm Out of the House, My Parent, Roommate or Spouse Who Shares the Premises with Me Agrees...
Case Example 2: Same case, except that the traffic stop occurs at night and Officer Mendoza sees the...