6/18/2011 Instructor: Kurt Austin Zimmer | By: Bieri April | CJ227-08 Criminal procedure | Unit 2: analysis and application: police encounters with suspects and evidence | CJ227-08 Criminal procedure | Unit 2: analysis and application: police encounters with suspects and evidence | 1. Did officer Smith have reasonable suspicion to make the initial stop of this vehicle? Officer Smith had reasonable suspicion which is based on the totality of the circumstances
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Analysis and Application: Police Encounters with Suspects and Evidence David Green CJ227: Criminal Procedure Prof: Kurt Austin Zimmer May 29‚ 2012 As long as there are people who engage in suspected criminal activity‚ there will always be the police with whom they will have an encounter. Good‚ bad or indifferent there will always be these questions that will need to be answered; were the police legally justified in the way they approached and carried out their encounter with the
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Unit 2 Project Police Encounters with Suspects and Evidence Case Study: Officer Smith is on routine night time patrol when he notices the vehicle in front of him appears to have a broken taillight which appears to be covered with colored tape. He directs the driver to pull the car to the side of the road. The car is an older model gold Pontiac and as Officer Smith walks to the driver-side of the vehicle‚ he remembers that a car fitting this general description was the suspected car in a recent
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Photo Spread Analysis David M. Grable CCJS 234 – Criminal Procedure and Evidence April 26‚ 2015 To: Judge J. Doe From: David M. Grable Date: April 26‚ 2015 Subject: Photo Spread Analysis A photo spread would be presented to both the victim‚ Vicky‚ and the witness‚ William since their recollection of the assailant is similar. The photo spread should be presented to Vicky first because she was unable to view the assailant’s entire face and was taken by surprise by the incident. Her recollection
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Rene Balderrama CJ227-03: Criminal Procedure Unit 4 Project April 19‚ 2011 Professor: Kurt Austin Zimmer Since John was in custody‚ what are the procedural steps the police were required to take once John began to incriminate himself? The police have no obligation to stop John Doe from making any statements. “Excited Utterance” made by a defendant before being questioned are admissible as statements given under Miranda advisement. Once the police begin to question John Doe regarding the theft
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Criminal Procedure Policy Criminal Procedure February 11‚ 2013 Criminal Procedure Policy 1 Criminal procedures are safeguards against the indiscriminate application of criminal laws and the treatment of suspected criminals. Specifically‚ they are designed to enforce the constitutional rights of criminal suspects and defendants‚ beginning with initial police contact and continuing through arrest‚ investigation‚ trial‚ and sentencing. These rules are designed to limit what the
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Police Encounter Matthew A Loos Kaplan University CJ227: Criminal Procedure Unit 2 Assignment July 15‚ 2013 Officer Smith‚ in my opinion‚ had reasonable suspicion to conduct a traffic stop on the female driver the night in question. According to (Lasker‚ 2012)‚ “In People v. Hackett‚ 2012 IL 111781‚ a unanimous supreme court overturned the appellate and trial court decisions and remanded the case for a trial based on evidence stemming from what the court held to be a justified "investigatory
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Criminal evidence is any exhibit or testimony regarding a crime. It can take many forms‚ and is typically used to establish that a crime has been committed and identify blame or fault in a criminal case. What constitutes acceptable criminal evidence varies somewhat between legal systems‚ although ideally‚ evidence provides reasonably reliable information that gives a more complete picture of a crime The outcome of many criminal law cases will depend upon the strength and admissibility of evidence
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Modern Technological Advances and their use in Criminal Investigations Angela Chase‚ Juan Matos and Terrence Priester University of Phoenix Modern Technological Advances and their use in Criminal Investigations From the inception of the United States criminal justice system‚ extreme advancements have been made in the field of law enforcement. Particularly in today’s society‚ modern technological advances such as DNA profiling‚ fingerprinting‚ cameras‚ and wiretappinghave
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Criminal Procedure Policy Savannah Slorp CJA/353 August 23‚ 2010 Mr. Krauser Abstract Criminal procedures are safeguards against the indiscriminate application of criminal laws and the wanton treatment of suspected criminals. Specifically‚ they are designed to enforce the constitutional rights of criminal suspects and defendants‚ beginning with initial police contact and continuing through arrest‚ investigation‚ trial‚ sentencing‚ and appeals. The main constitutional provisions regarding
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