In reference to the Constitution of the United States of America, the Fourth Amendment is set to protect the American citizen from unlawful searches and seizures (Samaha, 223). According to this statement and how such relates to the presence of Law Enforcement in our daily lives; officers must have probable cause if they intend to investigate an individual for a particular reason. Probable Cause states that the particular officer(s), must have factual evidence that a crime is being or is about to be committed before he or she investigates a person (Samaha, 225). With the numerous incidents that have involved Law Enforcement officers performing unlawful searches, and utilizing things such as excessive force to subdue a suspect, the trust of the community in these government officials has been on the decline. Luckily perhaps, the
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With the ideas of Probable Cause & Due Process in mind, when individuals feel that they were not treated fairly in a court of law, they can have appellate courts review the facts of their cases and their particular objection.
Objection, which in the case of Corey Reedy stated that during a traffic stop, the officers of the Will County sheriff’s department’s gang suppression unit, did not have enough probable cause to back up their actions. In the lines of the trial named People v. Reedy, 2015 IL App (3d) 130955, 2015 IL App (3d) 130955, it is stated that the defendants’ believe that the traffic stop was unconstitutional because it violated the Fourth Amendment; violation, because the officers detained the suspects in this case being Corey Reedy and Jesus Chavez for an extended period of time, and performed acts not lawful under the constitution (People v. Reedy). When the appellate court reviewed and made their decision based on the
With the ideas of Probable Cause & Due Process in mind, when individuals feel that they were not treated fairly in a court of law, they can have appellate courts review the facts of their cases and their particular objection.
Objection, which in the case of Corey Reedy stated that during a traffic stop, the officers of the Will County sheriff’s department’s gang suppression unit, did not have enough probable cause to back up their actions. In the lines of the trial named People v. Reedy, 2015 IL App (3d) 130955, 2015 IL App (3d) 130955, it is stated that the defendants’ believe that the traffic stop was unconstitutional because it violated the Fourth Amendment; violation, because the officers detained the suspects in this case being Corey Reedy and Jesus Chavez for an extended period of time, and performed acts not lawful under the constitution (People v. Reedy). When the appellate court reviewed and made their decision based on the