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23 Cards in this Set
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DEFINE
exclusionary rule |
Government may not profit from own wrongdoing and may not use either direct results or “fruits” of illegal action
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standing |
A defendant has standing - ability to challenge unlawful government act - in premises she legally owns or possesses, or premises she has a legal right to stay in, or where she has automatic standing
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Search and seizure requires...
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Requires state action, search or seizure or 4th amendment doesn’t apply
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arrest |
May be made w/probable cause; warrant needed for person in home, absent exigent circumstances
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When is a warrant needed?
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Felony - not generally required, unless home or 3rd party’s home
Misdemeanor - generally required, unless committed in officer’s presence or violent misdo |
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terry stop |
Police may conduct temporary detention (something less than actual arrest) if reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot, as derived from specific and articulable facts based on totality of circumstances
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stop |
Stop: where reasonable, innocent person would not feel free to leave or to terminate the encounter
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search validity |
Police may conduct search pursuant to warrant issued by neutral and detached magistrate upon PC; warrant needed unless case falls under 1 of 7 exceptions (search incident to arrest, automobile, inventory, plain view, consent, frisk in course of temporary stop, hot pursuit/evanescent evidence)
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RULE
regarding confidential informants |
Confidential informants: look at basis of knowledge and reliability of informant
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When can D challenge warrant affidavit?
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Affidavit: can challenge when 1) false statement 2) intentionally/recklessly included and 3) material
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execution of warrant requirements |
Execution of: knock and announce, limited scope of search, must provide copy of warrant to person searched, copy of return to magistrate, may detain persons at premises, can seize plan view items
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exceptions to warrant requirement |
search incident to arrest, automobile, inventory, plain view, consent, frisk in course of temporary stop, hot pursuit/evanescent evidence
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Search incident to lawful arrest |
Must be reasonably contemporaneous with arrest; scope must be within wingspan, protective sweep of home OK
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When is search of passenger compartment of vehicle OK?
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Passenger compartment of vehicle only OK if 1) arrestee is unsecured OR 2) police have reasonable grounds to believe evidence related to crime of arrest is in the car
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automobile exception to warrant requirement |
Automobiles: need PC to suspect contraband is in car, scope depends on item, exigency needed
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inventory search requirements |
Inventory searches: do not need PC; need justifiable impoundment of car, regular impound procedures that do not allow looking into closed/locked containers unless manifest necessity
For jail inventory searches, only for reasonable safety and security purposes for searches, cannot shock conscience |
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When can confessions be suppressed?
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Confession can be suppressed where:
1) fruit of illegal arrest/detention, 2) due process is violated, 3) Miranda violated, 4) right to counsel violated, 5) 48 hour rule (not taken to judge in 48 hours of arrest) violated |
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Miranda right |
Miranda: person subjected to custodial interrogation must be given Miranda warnings (right to remain silent, anything said held against, right to presence of attorney, right to attorney appointment)
Custodial interrogation: not free to leave; direct questioning and functional equivalent |
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custodial interrogation |
Custodial interrogation: not free to leave; direct questioning and functional equivalent
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When is ID challenge appropriate?
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Due process: can challenge ID where unnecessarily suggestive and substantial likelihood of misidentification; can still be admissible, however, if it possesses “sufficient indicia of reliability”
Sixth amendment: right to counsel after formally charged and placed in lineup for ID purposes |
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timelines for PC hearing, arraignment, speedy trial |
PC hearing: hearing must be given within 48 hours of arrest; no right to counsel/can be based on hearsay
Arraignment: must be held in 14 days of filing info/complaint if in jail; otherwise, 14 days within 1st appearance Speedy trial: defendant must be tried within 60 days of arraignment if in custody; 90 days if not |
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ineffective assistance of counsel requirements |
Strickland - D must demonstrate
1) counsel performed below objective measure of competency, 2) but for counsel’s deficiency, reasonable probability that outcome of proceeding would have been different |
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double jeopardy violation |
5th amendment; jeopardy attaches at jury trial when jury sworn in or bench trial when first witness is sworn in; only applies for same offense or included offenses (if additional fact required, not “same”)
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