Search for Tomorrow

Leon (1984) it occurred in Burbank California. The police had a warrant sent out to search a facility where they thought there was drug activity. The warrant was issued by a state court judge. Since the warrant wasn't issued correctly the evidence that was found and seized wasn't able to be used in a court of law. The government appealed…

This officer while working the Lake County DUI Task Force observed a red Jeep displaying an expired Illinois License Plate A848254. This officer ran a records on the license plate and confirmed the plate was expired. This officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and detained it in the 5200 block of west Ridge Rd. This officer approached the vehicle and contacted driver who identified himself as Raymond Munoz and a passenger. This officer asked Munoz for his driver's license and he…

Facts Weeks faced charges of gambling using the Federal Mail System. U.S. Marshalls entered the residence of Week’s without proper documentation (Warrant) and confiscated documentation that was entered as evidence at his trial against him. Weeks then petitioned to have the property excluded and returned since it was taken in violation of his Fourth Amendment Rights. Procedural History A petition filed by Weeks at his trial stated that the property be returned to him since it was taken…

Officer authorities did the officer use to justify the search? The Customs Officer authorities used by the officers at the port was border search exception which is a Unites States criminal law that usually allows all kinds of searches and seizures at the US international borders and all their functional warrant actually without a warrant or even probable case. How would the Customs Officer describe what was found in her reports to articulate her search and seizure? After asking Mr. Noris a…

law enforcer cannot come on and take random evidence. When in your vehicle a police officer cannot search without your consent or again a search warrant. The fourth amendment gives you basic privacy in daily activities. It also helps when there is a criminal investigation and want to search or seize a certain thing in my home, car, and person. When in your vehicle a police officer cannot make a search of your car without your consent. The cop has to first get your consent to look through out…

Mary Ellis is protected under the Fourth Amendment from unreasonable searches and seizures. Police Officers are not authorized to enter her home without a search warrant, consent, or exigent circumstances. The Fourth Amendment provides the protection of privacy not only to the interior of her home but has extended to open areas immediately adjacent the (curtilage). The definition of the meaning “curtilage” is legally the area proximity or annexation to the home. its inclusion within the…

that no person shall "be deprived in the pursuit of life, liberty or property without due process of law". Let's look at the individual amendments. The Fourth Amendment protects individuals from unlawful search and seizure. The most common issue in law enforcement that arises is the need for search warrants. By not following procedural correctness a case may falter during the trial phase because a warrant was not obtained in the proper way. Although the warrant may have been obtained in "good…

be no civilization, no society, no future. (Wiesel, n.d.). Without the Fourth Amendment, there is no privacy. The Fourth Amendment is a civil right. It protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. The police can't search you or even your house without a search warrant or probable cause. In our society right now we have surveillance pretty much everywhere. No matter where you go there are surveillance cameras nearby somewhere. Economics, politics and social institutions are reasons…

The Government violated DLK’s Fourth Amendment rights. They did not get a warrant to do search and seizure on DLK’s property. DLK should not be convicted of growing marijuana in his home because the technology that the Government used goes against the five senses rule, the device (thermal imager) that they used in not open for use in the general public, and last, DLK had an expectation of privacy in his own house. One reason that DLK’s Fourth Amendment right were violated is because the thermal…

On 06-21-2017 at 2153 hours I was dispatched to 333 South Westwood Boulevard (Walmart) in reference to shoplifting. While responding I was advised the suspects two black female adults and two black juveniles left heading north on Business 67 in a maroon Dodge Challenger. A short time later Officer Duckett attempted to stop a vehicle matching the description provided however the driver of the vehicle failed to stop. See Officer Duckett’s supplemental report. I responded to the location where the…