WARRANTS
When an officer is looking for evidence to criminally indict you with
What is search?
The exception most commonly relied on by law enforcement
What is consent to search?
An officer is given consent to search the house by a family friend visiting and so they do. Legal or illegal?
What is illegal?
Police officers had a warrant to enter the house of Dollree Mapp. True or False?
What is false?
Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What are protections under the fourth amendment?
The title of the person in charge of granting warrants.
What is Judge?
A cop pulls someone over and when he comes up to the drivers side he sees marijuana laying on the dashboard, under what exception is he allowed to seize the evidence without a warrant.
What is plainview?
Officers have a warrant to search within a home for a gun they believe was used to kill the ex-boyfriend of the house owner. One officer looks within a tiny travel size jewelry box in the closet. Legal or illegal?
What is illegal?
Prevents the government from using evidence gathered in violation of the United States Constitution.
What is the exclusionary rule?
The levels of government/ law enforcement the fourth amendment applies to.
What is all forms and levels of law enforcement/ government?
When an officer fails to get a warrant?
Any evidence found during the illegal search is not admissible in court.
The police see someone suspicious throw something away in the trash and go to take it out, this is legal for what reason?
What is abandonment?
A police officer pulls someone over for driving without their lights on and makes everyone get out of the car to pat them down, since crime is high in that neighborhood. Illegal or legal?
What is illegal.
The amendment that made the exclusionary rule applicable to all levels of law enforcement/government.
What is the 14th amendment?
The fourth amendment appeal to both physical searches as well as electronic searches. True or False?
What is true?
The burden of proof needed to be granted a warrant?
What is probable cause?
Under what exception is a cop allowed to search a vehicle without a search warrant.
What is mobile exception?
A drunk driver is pulled over but passes out the moment the cop approaches the window. The cop reaches into the car to put it in park for the safety of the driver and when he looks inside to do so, he sees drugs placed on the passengers seat. Illegal or legal?
What is legal?
The police came into Dollree Mapps house looking for this.
What is a bomb suspect?
A case involving the fourth amendment that is used when conducting traffic stops.
What is Terry vs Ohio?
Do you need a warrant to take a chemical test to determine the alcohol and/or drug content of someone you believe is under the influence if they do not consent when you initially ask?
What is yes?
An officer enters someones house to pursue a criminal who is on the run, the officer is allowed to enter that house to chase that person under what exception?
What is hot pursuit?
The cops responded to a domestic abuse call and when they arrived the door was open and they could see blood on the floor. They went in to further investigate. Illegal or legal?
What is legal?
The decision that they asked to be overturned that would allow the exclusionary rule to be applicable to the states.
What is Wolf vs Colorado?
The year the fourth amendment was introduced.
What is 1789?