4th Amendment
The right the 4th amendment generally protects
Right to Privacy
BBBBonus Question: Name the person from this morning's video.
A search warrant is
A legal document signed by an impartial judge that allows a search or seizure
This exception applies when a person gives an officer permission to search their person
Consent
The 4th amendment specifically protects against
Unreasonable search and seizure
Probable cause is
More likely than not that the person committed the crime
This exception allows the search & seizure of a fleeing criminal
Hot Pursuit
The 4th amendment prevents ______ from conducting unreasonable search and seizures
Government officials/ police
BBBBonus Questions: who does the 4th amendment not protect against?
These are needed to issue a search warrant
Probable cause, specific person, place, or thing
John the Junkrat is a notorious criminal and is arrested by police for illegal possession of explosives. Can the police search his person right after they arrest him? Which exception applies, if any?
Yes; Search Incident to a Lawful Arrest
BBBonus Question: List all the possible exceptions to the warrant requirement to search and seizure.
What is more important, right to privacy or the police right to investigate crime
Depends, both are important
A judge will consider these three things when issuing a search warrant based on an informant's tip
Credibility, Reliability, Totality of the circumstances
BBBBonus Question (x2): How can the credibility of an informant be established?
How can the reliability of an informant be established?
An officer hears multiple gunshots coming from inside a house. He quickly calls on his radio, “unknown shots fired at the house on the end of Alta St.” Can the officer legally search the house?
Yes; emergencies
BBBonus Question: Upon going inside the house, say the officer finds someone is shooting at a DIY shooting range in his house. The officer sees various illegal explosives inside the house littered all over the floor. Which exception will allow the officer to take the explosives as evidence?