Criminal Law Paper

There are many court cases that are heard throughout the country every year. Of the many different court cases that are heard only a few actually make it to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court case in question that will be discussed throughout this paper is Riley v. California. The "Major Ruling Shields Privacy of Cell phones" (2014) ruled that investigators need to follow proper guidelines and need a warrant to look through people’s cell phones and other electronic devices. Firstly will be discussed the Author’s decision for choosing this particular case instead of other cases, what the author found most interesting about this case. Next the Author will provide details on the case in where criminal activity took place that violated laws. The next topic to discuss will be the different types of liabilities, accomplice and criminal, and how these relate to the case, if at all. Lastly the author will discuss the differences between the elements of crime and how each relates to the case of Riley v. California.
What was so interesting about his particular case is how it directly affects everyone’s personal rights, as well as how much harder it makes police officers jobs. This case directly affects people’s amendments rights, specifically the people’s fourth amendment rights. “According to "The Fourth Amendment" (2014)” (The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.) As the age of Technology advances people are putting their personal information of their electronic devices. This case brings into light on whether or not these electronic devices should be covered by the Fourth Amendment as well. With that said it is quite obvious that the decision that the Supreme Court makes has an overwhelming affect on the people in America.
The primary source of where this criminal originates from the Constitution, directed towards the Fourth Amendment as was discussed before. The purpose of the

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