Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    suggested that she was involved with the dealing of marijuana. ("Landmark") She was then brought up on charges from the state in Juvenile Court. When in The Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of New Jersey, T.L.O. tried to have the evidence that was found by her assistant principal suppressed because she believed that it violated the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches without a warrant and to be supported by a probable cause. (New Jersey v TLO Legal…

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    Exigent circumstances are considered instances when it is appropriate for officers to conduct a warrantless search outside of the scope of the Fourth Amendment search and seizure rule. The Fourth Amendment states that every person has the right to be secure in their house, papers, person and effects against unreasonable search and seizure, and no warrant issued unless probable cause is present and supported by an oath or affirmation describing the person, place or thing to be seized (Strasser,…

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    .38 caliber revolver, two stun guns, and a handcuff key, but did not find the supposedly stolen stuff. Police Officers did confiscate the weapons while in search for the stolen items and used it in court. So therefore his fourth amendment was violated. The 4th amendment states, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by…

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    ## Complaint - Officer Steven Works On Sunday, August 27, 2017, I believe I was illegally detained and, under duress, presented my ID to Officer Steven Works. Steven Works was later joined by Sergeant Alan Sawyer. I say detained as Mr. Works pulled his car in front of me, turned on his lights, told me to put my stuff on the hood of his car, and called for backup. Clearly, any reasonable person would assume they could not simply walk away from that situation. While there was discussion with…

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    Robin Kincaid Case Study

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    Barclay’s Department Store. False imprisonment is the unlawful detention of the person of another, for any length of time, whereby such person is deprived of their personal liberty. However, a plaintiff can be barred from recovery under the Georgia state law. A store is not liable for false imprisonment if the store: (1) had reasonable cause to detain a person; (2) detains that person; (3) conducts detention in a reasonable manner; and (4) conducts detention for a reasonable time. Ga. Code. Ann.…

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    Mrs. Van Bliven clearly stole her own necklace because the crime scene was not legitimate and because she needed to collect the insurance money from the necklace. First of all, the French doors were securely locked before the necklace was stolen. This evidence is important to proving Mrs. Van Bliven guilty of stealing her own necklace because no one else could have gotten in and stolen the necklace if the doors were locked. In addition, if Schmidt, Mrs. Van Bliven’s neighbor at the hotel, had…

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    In the United States v. Leon case, the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule should not be applied so as to bar the use in the prosecution's case in chief of evidence obtained by officers acting in reasonable reliance on a search warrant issued by a detached and neutral magistrate but ultimately found to be invalid. Pp. 905-925. (United States v. Leon, (1984) No. 82- 1771.) In view of the modification of the exclusionary rule, the Court of Appeals' judgment cannot stand in this case. Only…

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    suit claiming that the actions committed by Officer Turek had violated her Fourth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable seizure. Ultimately, the District Court ruled that the arrest was not unreasonable for Fourth Amendment purposes.…

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    the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Does hacking into personal technology break your 4th amendment right? The government has been under fire recently for believing that they should be allowed access to our computers and if so should we be worried? Homeland Security is of the one of the many agencies created after 9/11 to protect the United States along with many bills, acts, and laws. The common misconception is that anyone in our government can hack the computers…

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    Supreme Court Case Analysis A. United States v. Ramirez (1997) B. Facts about the Case 1. Federal agent’s subsequent observation of a man who looked like a dangerous escaped prisoner. The government obtained a “no-nock” warrant entering the home who was expected to have contain the prisoner Alan Shelby, only to discover that who they beloved to be was Shelby was actually Herman Ramirez and his family. During the “no-nock” warrant officers broke a single window in Ramirez garage and found a stash…

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