Case Law
Terry v Ohio
Stop and Frisk
Baliff
An official in a court of law who keeps order. A police officer working in a court.
When applying for a search warrant, officers should demonstrate:
Why the officers believe a crime occured
What evidence they have that the crime occured
The criminal evidence they wish to seize
Where the evidence is expected to be
Another name for the “Stand your ground law”.
Castle Doctrine
When the person in control of the area or object gives permission for a search
Consent Search
Miranda v Arizona
Right to remain silent. Right to an attorney.
Medical Examiner
medically qualified public officer whose duty is to investigate deaths occurring under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post mortems, and to initiate inquests.
Purpose of Fourth Amendment
The Fourth amendment protects a person against unreasonable search and seizure by police
The act of exposing oneself generally, by making a statement “to an accusation or charge of crime; to involve oneself or another person in a criminal prosecution or the danger thereof.
Self Incrimination
Reasonable Force can be defined as
Force necessary to overcome resistance
NJ v T.L.O.
Piscataway, NJ. Cigarettes, rolling papers, bathroom, illegal search.
Stenographer
a person who takes shorthand notes in court
A written order based upon probable cause and signed by a judge, authorizing police to search a specific person, [place, or property to obtain evidence.
Search Warrant
The most common summons issued by law enforcement is for
Parking
If a random person on the street reported to police that a person had a firearm but could provide no other information about the person other than a general description, could this be sufficient evidence for a search warrant?
No
Maryland v Garrison
Good Faith
Public Defender
a lawyer employed at public expense in a criminal trial to represent a defendant who is unable to afford legal assistance.
Field Interrogations are also called
Stop and Frisk
A search where an officer has a right to be where illegal evidence can be seen
Plain View Search
Unreasonable searches and seizures are prohibited under
Fourth Amendment
Mapp v Ohio
(exclusionary rule, illegal search. Police was looking for a person who bombed a house. Dolly Mapp asked if they had a warrant. Police did not but continued to search the house. Police found a gun, gambling slips and a nude magazine. Dolly was charged and sentenced to 7 years for having obscene material. The US Supreme Court stated the police violated her Fourth Amendment rights by entering the house without a warrant).
Coroner
an official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths.
Exigency means
Emergency
A situation in which a law enforcement officer engages in a chase for the purpose of preventing the escape or effecting the arrest of any person who is suspected of committing a crime.
Fresh Pursuit
When the police takes a person or property into custody in consequence of a violation of public law it is called an
Arrest