Search warrant

procedures were followed when police officers are conducting a search or arrest. Reasonable Suspicion Reasonable suspicious is based on a strong suspicion that is not that very reliable that a person might be involved in criminal activities or may be armed and dangerous…

crime scene, or your automobile. Alot of people may or may not know that due to the fourth admendment they are protected against police searches if an officer doesen 't have probable cause and a search warrant. When a police officer has probable cause which is the minimum amount of information necessary to warrant a reasonable person to believe that a crime has been or is being commited by a personwho is about to be arrested. For example if the suspect attempted to run whn approached by the…

The basic requirements for obtaining search warrants begin with probable cause. Probable Cause is the level of suspicion that must be reached under the Fourth Amendment in order to issue a search warrant (Hall, 2014). Probable cause can be based on an officers training, experience, and the totality of the circumstances. Totality of the circumstances can include statements, observations, and evidence, which can include hearsay (Hall, 2014). Probable cause is a higher suspicion than reasonable…

three police officers knocked on Ted Chimel’s door with an arrest warrant for his burglary of a coin shop. Chimel’s wife answered the door and allowed them inside to wait until Chimel came home from work. 10-15 minutes later, he returned home and an officer showed him the arrest warrant and asked for his permission to “look around”, which Chimel refused. Although the officers did not have a search warrant, they conducted the search against Chimel’s will “on the basis of the lawful arrest”. They…

warrantless search is permitted in these private dwellings. The reason said search may occur is because while in “hot pursuit” of a criminal an officer must continue to maintain the safety of him/herself as well as the public’s. Therefore in keeping with this goal if a criminal were to run through a public dwelling then its security has been compromised which puts the officer and the public in danger which warrants a security sweep of the premises. (when necessary) 6.) The police have a warrant…

Arizona, Petitioner James Thomas Hicks. Respondent Facts: In this case, Respondent fired a bullet through the floor of his apartment, striking the person who lives in the apartment below him. Upon arriving at the scene, police entered the apartment to search for Respondent. While at the scene, a police officer found two sets of expensive stereo components and became reasonably suspicious of where it was located. Because of his reasonable suspicion, the police officer proceeded to record the…

That connection can be through where the target of the warrant works, lives, goes to school, travels, eats, or even who they know (“Senator Feingold’s Speech”). The USA Patriot Act has the power to allow the government personal records to hundreds of people through a single warrant. The records able to be gained about those people include but are not limited to travel, medical, educational, library or bookstore, internet…

that the police demanded to be searched during the execution of a search warrant? HOLDING: No. The scope of the search warrant extends to the searching of the purse. A purse, is mobile and the search of the purse during the warrant execution was found lawful. FACTS: On October 18, 1976, six police officers with an arrest warrant entered the home of an individual by the name of Lawrence Marquess (“Suspect”). During the warrant execution, Marquess was not present but one of his roommates and…

The fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution stated that “individuals must be secure in their households, and in their persons against unreasonable searches and seizures,shall not be violated,and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause,supported by Oat of affirmation, and predominantly describing the place to be investigated, and the individuals/s or things to be seized”(Schmalleger,201). The Fourth Amendment ,is a part of the Bill of Rights, that was adopted by congress, and it came to…

obtain warrants authorizing them to conduct searches. Additionally, the exclusionary rule is grounded in the fourth amendment designed to protect citizens from illegal searches and seizures. The Fremont Weeks took place in 1914 and is considered as one of the first cases that the exclusionary rule was implemented. MR Weeks was arrested for using the mail to transport tickets for a lottery, which is a federal offense. He was arrested at his place of business, and federal officers did a search…