Angela Kelley’s article “Excuse Me‚ But Your House is Leaking‚” discusses the new technologies of Thermal Imaging Devices (TIDs) and how they are impacting our Fourth Amendment right that protects us against invasion of privacy. The use of TIDs improperly opens the door to unreasonable searches and seizures. Because of the nature of the intrusion‚ TIDs somehow fall outside the letter of the law. However‚ do they fall outside the spirit in which the laws were originally crafted? This paper will
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the protections of the Fourth Amendment (Hall‚ 2014). Open fields is a doctrine that states certain areas around ones home are not considered curtilage‚ and therefore these areas are not afforded the same protections under the Fourth Amendment (Hall‚ 2014). The U.S. Supreme Court has stated the areas considered to be open fields are areas law enforcement can encroach on without having to obtain a warrant (Hall‚ 2014). The U.S. Supreme Court heard the case‚ United States v. Dunn‚ and developed
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(FSA) under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a program called the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) which acquires imagery during the typical growing seasons across the Continental United States.[3] On May 19‚ 1986‚ the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision on a case that had impact on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and a cartographer’s ability to use aerial imagery for map making. The case was Dow Chemical Company v. United States where Dow Chemical
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1. Explain the exclusionary rule and the fruit of the poisonous tree. How does this rule impact police officers? Please provide at least one real-world example in your answer. When police collect evidence that is related to a crime illegally‚ or against the defendant’s rights by unreasonable search and seizure‚ it is inadmissible in court; even if the seized evidence happens to be highly incriminating‚ such as a murder weapon. This is called the Exclusionary Rule. Additionally‚ if that evidence is
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On October 31‚ 1963‚ Detective Martin McFadden was in plain clothes‚ patrolling his downtown beat in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ an area that he had been patrolling for shoplifters and pick-pocketing the last 30 years. At 2:30 PM‚ he noticed two unknown individuals‚ John Terry and Richard Chilton acting suspiciously‚ standing on a street corner. One of the men walked away and stopped to look in a nearby store window‚ continued walking‚ and on the way back stopped to look in the same store window before rejoining
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Mary Bodunde 11/16/10 period 30 1. Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Article of confederation. According to the text’s authors‚ it is probably a good thing that the Fonding Fathers did not merely amend the Articles of confederation. with which position do you agree? Why? 2. Why didn’t the leaders of the American Revolution extend their spirit of equality to the abolition of slavery and giving
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Gabrielle Spensley Period 6th Research Paper: Privacy Issues 3/1/13 Amendment I: Privacy of Beliefs‚ Amendment III: Privacy of the Home‚ Amendment IV: Privacy of the Person and Possessions and Liberty Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which states that no State shall... deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law. These are your basic privacy rights stated under the U.S. Bill of Rights. However there are other Acts‚ types of privacy and cases that have supported
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obtained. The courts have severely restricted the right of the police to search certain homicide crime scenes without a search warrant‚ (Mincey v. Arizona 437 US 385‚ 1978). His lawyer’s argument will be that Williams Forth Amendment rights were violated because it states that: “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 oath
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Tennessee v. Garner was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that under the Fourth Amendment‚ when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect‚ he or she may use deadly force only to prevent escape if the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others. Before Tennessee v. Garner some states had it written in law that they could use any means in order to apprehend a fleeing
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circumstances to obtaining a warrant‚ and proving probable cause. Certain exceptions are made by law in some situations‚ such as searching vehicles. All officers of the law‚ and court officials are legally obligated to follow all rights reserved by the Fourth Amendment‚ and without doing so they could jeopardize their case. Investigation must take place before an officer can prove probable cause to a judge‚ and obtain a warrant. Warrants are necessary documents in apprehending suspects‚ conducting searches
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