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Const. Crim. Pro
Louisiana Bar Prep
101
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04/30/2012

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Term
What is a search?
Definition
Gov't intrusion into an area where a person has a reasonable and justifiable expectation of privacy
Term
What is a seizure?
Definition
Exercise of control by the government over a person or a thing.
Term
When does Seizure of a person occur?
Definition
Occurs when a reasonable person would believe hat he is not free to leave
Term
What does "freedom of movement has been restricted by means intentionally applied" refer to?
Definition

It means the ∆ has either been

(1) had physical force applied by the cop

(2) submission to the cop's authority

 

e.g. Cop says something, such as accusation, which make you think you cannot terminate the encounter.

 

*Look at the totality of the circumstances

Term
What is the exclusionary rule?
Definition
Evidence obtained in violation of the individual's 4th amendment rights can't be used at trial to prove his guilt
Term
Reason behind the Exclusionary Rule?
Definition
Deterrence of bad police conduct Fairness - integrity of the judicial system
Term
Good Faith Exception from Leon
Definition

Good Faith Exception to ER ->

If cop acted in objective, reasonable reliance on a search warrant issued by a detached/neutral magistrate, but was later found to be unsupported by PC -->

The Evidence can still come in

Term
Under Leon is Exclusionary rule judge made or implicit in the const?
Definition
Judge made law.
Term
Hypo: Magistrate relies on crappy info when issuing a warrant, if the RWTO officer could have discovered the defect. Is the evidence allowed in?
Definition

No, it is not coming in.

If RWTO could have found the defect, then it doesn't fall under the good faith exception.

Term
The Kirby Line
Definition

When the government becomes an adversarial opponent and the 6th amdt right attaches.

 

Govt needs to step back when they become a formal adversary

Term

What is deliberate elicitation?

What is the difference between eliciations when the ∆ is charged v. uncharged?

Definition

When information is being extracted, possibly while talking to an informant.

 

Exam: Look to whether the ∆ had been charged yet. Uncharged --> can ask leading questions

Charged --> can't ask, fly on the wall, interactions must be passive (Kulhmann)

Term
Can a jailhouse plant/informant receive cash money for information?
Definition

Nope, if he/she does, the evidence is tainted.

Can't have a bounty system.

Term
Does an attorney need to be present at a pre-trial line up?
Definition

Yes,

1) Atty needs to be present to make sure the line up isn't suggestive. ∆'s won't typically know how line-ups should be conducted.

2) Right to confront witnesses during cross-x, want the atty to know what happened during the ID.

Term
Katz
Definition

- Protects people not place

1) Is there an expectation of privacy

2) Is that expectation reasonbable?

Term
Greenwood
Definition

Garbage on the curtilage case

Garbage not protected once its out on the curb bc it could be accessed by anyone.

J. Brennan’s Dissent – the wording the court uses of “could obtain” be the equaivlant of saying the police could get a hold of it bothered him.

Term
Riley
Definition
  • Flight is routine, don't do a Katz analysis 
  • Anyone can fly over and see weed growing at 400ft, no tech necessary 
  • J. O'Connner concurrence - driven by likelihood, lots of traffic at 400 feet
Term
Ciraolo
Definition
  • Aerial survellience at 1000ft is fine too.
  • Sheriff does not have to avert his eyes to crimes.
Term
Bond
Definition
  • Manipulate the bag on the bus. Search went to far when cop felt the bag bc it went beyond what was reasonably expected. 
  • When analyzing expectation of privacy look to what could ordinarly happen, not to what could therotically happen.
Term
Schools of thought under the Katz reasonableness prong
Definition

The "Could" Cases - Greenwood, Riley and Ciraorlo suggest that if a public person could gather then the info then there is no expectation of privacy

 

Ordinary expectation cases - suggest that if its ordinary/reasonable to expect that to happen there is no expectation of privacy

Term
Plain View Doctinre
Definition

1. View takes place from a location where the cops have a right to be.

2. Info could have been obtained from "plain view" surveillance without the special device.

Term
What kinds of devices can/cannot the cops use?
Definition

Can use - flashlights binoculars

 

Cannot use - high tech devices not in general civilian use

Term
Karo
Definition
Warrnatless tracker put in can of ether - Beeper place on the can could "peek inside the house" but the warrant was held to be valid bc it was sufficently supported by PC based on other evidence
Term
Karo dissent
Definition
Stevens -Things withdrawn from public view are entitiled to const protection -Installation and monitorin = searh -attaching the beeper is a seizure
Term
Kyllo
Definition
Use of thermal imagaining - Court creates brightline rule around the home -Police tech cannot erode the privacy of the home guarteed under the 4th amendment
Term
Probable Cause for Arrest
Definition
At the time of arrest

the officer has within her knowledge reas trustworthy facts and circumstances sufficient to warrant a reasonably prudent person to believe that the suspect has committed a crime or is commiting a crime.
Term
How do you evauluate the reliability of a tipster?
Definition
Does the tipster have a record with police
Information about the tipster
INformation can be corrobated
Term
How do you evauluate the veracity of a tipster?
Definition
Look at the believability or truthfulness of the tipster

Does he give inromation against his own criminal interest
Term
Pringle
Definition
- Ct. compares this case to Ybarra, where the tavern patrons were searched as a result of a search warrant for the bar. Ct held you had to have probable cuase particularized with respect to that person
Term
Garrison
Definition
-Warrant issued for flatmate
-Find drugs an apartment not covered by the warrant.
Police officers can make reasonable mistakes when executing a search warrant.
Term
Groh v. Ramirez
Definition
- Magistrate left blanks on the warrant about what they were looking for.
o The court did not find a good-faith Leon exception to the error that what they were looking for was left off of the warrant

o In Dicta the court mentions that if the warrant includes the incorporating documents then this would be better, but Shoebotham thinks this would be inadequate because you want to see what the warrant says and exactly what the magistrate signed off on. Not everything in the application will be approved.
Term
Hudson v. Michigan
Definition
No exlcusionary rule for knock and announce violation because the reasons for K and A are to prevent violence, property- damage, and impositions on privacy, not to prevent police from conducting a search for which they have a valid warrant.
Term
Richards v. Wilson
Definition
Can bypass k+a when there is an articulable basis (RS) why the RWTO did what they did usually its:
• Suspect is dangerous
• Knocking is futile, jumping over the backyard fence
• Destruction of evidence
Term
Is k+a commanded by the const?
Definition
Yes - Richards
Term
Banks
Definition
- Houses treated differently on size but its not how long to take to get to the door but how long to get to the sink if you expect destruction of evidence

If no reason to suspect evidence detruction or something else, the reasonable time may be longer before making a forced entry
Term
U.S. v. Ramirez
Definition
Affirmed reasoanble suspicions as the standard even when the no-knock entry results in the destruction of property
Term
Robinson
Definition
The Court upheld the search. Distinguishing between searches done to discover concealed weapons and those conducted coextensive with an arrest, Justice Rehnquist argued since the officer did not conduct the search in an abusive or extreme manner, and because he acted consistent with the authority vested in a police officer when making an arrest, his actions were legitimate.

Dissent: Pulled over for a traffic stop shouldn't necessitate a full search, just a check for weapons.
Term
Atwater
Definition
Officer make warrantless arrests for minor offenses.

f an officer has probable cause to believe that an individual has committed even a very minor criminal offense in his presence, he may, without violating the Fourth Amendment, arrest the offender.
Term
VA v. Moore
Definition
The Court held that the search did not violate Moore's constitutional rights. Scalia stated that the existence of probable cause gives an arresting officer the right to perform a reasonable search of the accused to ensure the officer's safety and to safeguard evidence. States may impose stricter search and seizure requirements, Scalia wrote, but "when states go above the Fourth Amendment minimum, the Constitution’s protections concerning search and seizure remain the same."
Term
Excessive Force
Definition
Test:Weigh Govt interest v instrusiveness


Arrest allows for reasonable force to effect the arrest.

Has to shock the consicous.
Term
When can lethal/deadly force be used?
Definition
Probable cause the escapee will cause physical harm, you can use lethal force

But warning should be given

Circuit split on whether the person should be fleeing
Term
Scott v. Harris
Definition
Push Maneuver case

- Push was reaonable bc Harris was an imminent and actual threat to those around him.
Term
Garner
Definition
Test: Objective reasonableness

Severity of the crim
Ressisteing or fleeing
Immediate threat to officers and to tothers
Doesn't look at officer mindset
Term
Payton
Definition
Warrnatless entry into home to make felony arrest, suspect isn't home but they find shell cases.

Absent exigent circumstances, that threshold may not be reasonably crossed without a warrant. The court, however, did specify that an arrest warrant (as opposed to a search warrant) would have sufficed for entry into the suspect's residence if there had been reason to believe that the suspect was within the home.
Term
Belton
Definition
we hold that when a [police officer] has made a lawful custodial arrest of the occupant of an automobile, [the officer] may, as a contemporaneous incident of that arrest, search the passenger compartment of that automobile.
Term
Gant
Definition
1) the arrested individual might access the vehicle at the time of the search; or 2) the arrested individual's vehicle contains evidence of the offense that led to the arrest
Term
Bergus
Definition
Clear statement rule – RWTO would know supect was invoking their right to conunsel
Term
What do you need for a miranda waiver?
Definition

1. Voluntary

2. Knowing and intelligent

 

By a preponderance of the evidence

Term
MacArthur Factors for Exigent Circumstances
Definition
1. Probable Cause
2. Good reaons to feat that suspect would destory evidence
3. Police behaved responsibiliy
4. Restrain is limited, no long than necessary
Term
Carney
Definition

less rigorous warrant requirements govern because the expectation of privacy with respect to one's automobile is significantly less than that relating to one's home or office.

-Applies to mobile homes but looks as to whether its being used as a residence or not and how mobile it is

Term
What are exceptions to the exclusionary rule?
Definition
cts must balance the rule's purpose against its cost, therefore exclusion is not automatic Independent Source Intervening act of free will Inevitable discovery
Term
Limit on the exclusionary rule: grand juries?
Definition
grand jury witness may not refuse to answer question on the ground that they are based on evidence obtained from an unlawful search and seizure
Term
Limit on the exclusionary rule: civil proceedgins?
Definition
illegally obtained evidence CAN be used in a civil proceeding.
Term
When can a RWTO officer not rely on the warrant?
Definition
The affidavit underlying the warrant is so lacking in PC that no reas officer would have relied on it.

The warrant is defective on its face

The police officier or govt official obtaining the warrant lied/misled the magistrate

magistrate abandoned his judicial (rubber stamping)
Term
When can excluded evidence be used for impeachment purposes?
Definition
A voluntary confession in violation of Miranda

Evidence from an illegal search
Term
If K+A is violated can the evidence be excluded pertaining to an execution of the warrant?
Definition
No. The purpose of K+A is to protect human life and dignity while the cost of excluding evidence based on K+A is too high. There are other remedies for K+A violations.
Term
Will a conviction be overturned because improperly obtained evidence was admitted at trial?
Definition
Apply the harmless error test. Govt has the burden of showing beyond a reas doubt that the admission was harmless.
Term
How do you get evidence suppressed?
Definition
∆ is entitled to a motion to suppress as a matter of law decided by a judge outside the hearing of a jury.
Term
Who has the burden or proving whether evidence is admissible or not?
Definition
The government must established the admissibility by a preponderance of the evidence
Term
Any seizure of your person, has to be made with...
Definition
PROBABLE CAUSE
Term
Is a warrant required to arrest someone in public?
Definition
No, not if there is PC?
Term
Is a warrant required to arrest someone at their home?
Definition
Yes, a warrant is required.
Term
Is a warrant required to arrest someone in their friend's house?
Definition
Yes a search warrant of the friend's house is needed.
Term
Can cops arrest if there is no PC for the offense they are arresting for, but there is a PC for another offense?
Definition
Yes, as long as there is PC for an arrestable offense, then the arrest is valid. It does not matter that they lacked PC for the offense they stated at the time of the arrest.
Term
When can an officer arrest without a warrant for felony?
Definition
reas ground to believe that a felony has been committed.
Term
When can an officer arrest without a warrant for a misdemeanor?
Definition
an officer may make a warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor committed in her presence.
Term
What is the effect of an invalid arrest?
Definition
has no impact by itself.

If police hace not improperly arrested a person, they may detain him if they have PC to do so, but evidence from an unlawful arrest cannot come in.
Term
What does an officer need for stop and frisk?
Definition
To detain a person for investigative purposes even if they lack PC for arrest BUT

must have REAS SUSPICION supported by articulable facts of criminal activity or involvement in a crime
Term
What is reasonable suspicion?
Definition
Ct haven't defined it
requires something more than vague suspcion or "hunch"
Whether or not it is met depends on TOC.
Term
When can cop rely on a informant tip for a stop and frisk?
Definition
When the tip is accompanied by "indicia of reliability" such as predictive info sufficient to make the officer's suspicion reas.
Term
Are there time limits for a stop and frisk?
Definition
No, but the cop must act in diligent and reas manner in confirming or dispelling their suspicions

e.g. 20 mins deemed reas where officers investigated diligently and suspect's evasive conduct prolonged the encounter.
Term
What are the requirements for roadblocks?
Definition
neutral and articulable standard

closely related to a particular problem pertaining to automobiles and their mobility
Term
When can a cop stop a car?
Definition
reasonable suspicion that a law has been violated
OR
Roadblock
Term
Analysis for law of search and seizure?
Definition
  • Does the ∆ have a 4th amdt right?
    • Was there govt conduct?
    • did the ∆ have a reas expectation of privacy?
  • If so, did the police have a valid warrant?
  • If no warrant did they fit into an exception?
Term
Requirements for a warrnat
Definition
  • issued by a detached and neutral magistrate
  • based on probable cause
  • praticulary describe the place to be searched and the items to be seized
Term
a warrant will be issued ONLY if there is
Definition
PC to believe that seizable evidence will be found on the premises or person to be searched.
Term
Can the ∆ attack the validity of the warrant?
Definition

Yes but three requirement to go "behind the face" of the warrant:

  1. a false statment was included in the affidavit
  2. the affiant intentionally or recklessly included that false statement
  3. the false statement was material to the finding of PC

aka Franks hearing

Term
If the cops have a search warrant for a multi-unit dwelling will just an address suffice?
Definition
No, warrant must be precise on their face. need to specify the unit to be searched
Term
Name the exceptions to the warrant requirement?
Definition

ESCAPIST

E: xigent Cirucmstances

S: earch incident to arrest

C: onsent

A: utomobile

P: lainview

I: nventory

S: pecial Needs

T: erry Stop and Frisk

Term
After arresting the occupant of an automobile, the police may serach the interior of the automobile incident to the arrest if at the time of the search...?
Definition

the arrestee is unsecured and may still gain access to the interior of the vechicle

 

the cops reas beleive that evdiecne of the offense for which the person was arrested may be found in the vehicle. 

Term
What are confessions generally?
Definition
Any statement that the state wants to use against an individual at trial
Term
For confessions to be admissible, they must be _________
Definition

volntary

look at the totality of the circumstaces (age/education/mental condition/physical condition, setting, duration and manner of cops)

Term
What are the Miranda warnings?
Definition

Right to remain silent

anything said can be used against him in court

he has the right to the presence of an atty

if he cannot affod an atty, one will appointed

Term
When must be Miranda given?
Definition
Prior to interogation
Term
If the detainee does not nothing after being read their right, have they wavied their Miranda rights?
Definition
No, the court will not presume a waiver and the police can continuing questioning
Term
If a detainee invokes their right to remain silent, what must the cops do?
Definition
"Scupulously Honor" the detainee's request, thus all quentioning related to the particular crime must stop  (not badger them.)
Term
If detainee invokes the right to counsel...
Definition
all questioning must stop
Term
Can you get an atty at a photo array or line up?
Definition
At a line up - Yes - corp
at a photo array - NO. incorp

*Only at a corporeal procedure*
Term
Remedy for unconstitutional identification?
Definition
Exclusion of the in-court identification, unless it has a independent source
Term
When would a pretrial identification procedure be suppressed?
Definition

Is it unnecessarily suggestive

 

AND

 

there is a substantial likelihood of misidentification

Term
What is a Gerstein Hearing?
Definition
requires a judge/magistrate to look over your arrest documents to determine if there was PC for the arrest
Term
Do you have a right to counsel at a preliminary hearing?
Definition
Yes
Term
What is a Brady violation?
Definition
The govt has a duty to disclose exculpatory evidence (favorable to a ∆, bc it indicates someone else, or could impeach a state witness)
AND
prejudice has resulted
Term
How is competency determined?
Definition
Dusky standard:
If you can't understand the proceedings and charge
OR
you lack the ability to assist your lawyer

*At the time of trial*
Term
What questions should the prosecutor ask the testifying officier about evidence to be admitted at trial?
Definition

After prosecutor marks the exhibit and shows it to opposing counsel,

Hand the exhibit to the witnesss

Ask the witness to identify the it

"Tell us how you know this _______"

Is it in sustanially the same condition that you found it?

 

Then, Offer it into evidence and publish it to the jury.

Term
If a testfying witness has a prior conviction, can you ask them about it on the stand?
Definition

Yes, the convicion will be admissible under the

"Any Crime, Any Time"

 

Every witnes by testfying subject himself to examination relative to his criminal conviction

 

Term
Don't be dumb about spousal communication
Definition
Check to make sure they are actually married.
Term
How many preemptory challenge for criminal case?
Definition
12
Term
How long does defense have to identify an alibi witness?
Definition
10 days from request
Term
How long do you have to be practicing before you can try a capital case?
Definition
5 years, but the rules only applies if you're appointed, not if you're private counsel
Term
How does ∆ get the corner's report?
Definition
Motion for pre-trial discovery
Term
Can the prosecution bring up that the perp was silent (didn't answer questions, bit his lip...)
Definition
No, if perp remains silent that cannot be mentioned at trial pursuant to the 5th amendment
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