searches and seizures be reasonable; and prohibit warrants except those issued upon probable cause. However‚ as with any rule‚ there are exceptions. The exceptions to the warrant requirement will be discussed below. In interpreting the Fourth Amendment‚ the courts have balanced the individual’s right with what is good for the rest of society. Fourth Amendment rights are therefore not absolute. Seizures and Searches
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be found or do not take into account if there is a law enforcer who may take advantage of the situation. People are not aware that the law can use garbage obtain a search warrant for your home or vehicle without it being a search under the 4th amendment‚ especially in drug related crimes‚ most of the people think that they need a search warrant in order to register any part of their property‚ but the law considers garbage as an abandoned property in some instances and doesn’t believe that you should
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Professor Homer 04/29/2015 Police stopping and Search (A) Every American and immigrant has the constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. Unfortunatly‚ The police often has power to stop and search which are suspected to have stolen or had done something that is illegal. It has been obvious policing tool since the government has given more power to them. However it had prevented criminal acts happening as police can stop and search anyone who they have reasonable suspicion of
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them. He identified himself as a police officer and asked for their names. He was not satisfied with their answers‚ so he subjected one of the men to a search. He patted down the man’s clothing in which he felt a gun and one was removed from the man’s clothing for which he had no permit. The defendants ended up arguing that the search violated their Fourth Amendment rights because it was not supported by probable cause. The court sided with the Officer saying that stops and frisks
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Search and Seizure I believe that search and seizure is very important for our country and our rights. Search and Seizure helps to protect our fourth amendment right‚ which is the right to privacy. The Search and seizure says that law enforcement cannot search or put anyone under arrest unless they have evidence to support that action (Murray). I believe that search and seizure is important to protecting our privacy rights. If police so not have any evidence against you‚ that they can’t search you
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Thomas Robertson Sunday August 19‚ 2012 Human Rights Search and Seizure First let me start off by saying that‚ after reading the account of what happened to Trixee‚ in my opinion Trixee has a VALID argument that both Officer Fletcher and manager violated her fourth amendment rights against “search and seizure” as well as her constitutional rights. I will now explain my opinion by clarifying the Issues of fourth amendment violation by ShowTime and Officer Fletcher‚ the rules (laws) that were
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interpretations throughout the years. The forth amendment of the constitution is one of the most debated amendments. This is the amendment that covers the area of search and seizure as well as privacy. The fourth amendment states‚ "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 or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to
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Search and seizure in a school setting has always been regarded as a very sensitive topic. Some of the questions that arise are what is deemed to be reasonable grounds to search? What particular rights are there to search? When focusing on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms‚ Section 8 guarantees the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. (Mckay and Sutherland 2006) I will be focusing on two cases that went to court and what can be concluded based on these cases is that there
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Associates Capstone in Criminal Justice CJ299-01 Professor: Jennifer Wills October 3‚ 2011 The search of the crime scene is the most important phase of any investigation. Decisions of the courts restricting admissibility of testimonial evidence have significantly increased the value of physical evidence in homicide investigations. Therefore‚ law enforcement personnel involved in the crime scene search must arrange for the proper and effective collection of evidence at the scene.The arguments the
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searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized. (FindLaw‚ 2014) Even though the 4th Amendment states no warrants shall be issued without probable cause law enforcement can search you home without one. For example‚ if an adult is home and he or she has control over the property and gives an officer permission to search no warrant
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