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| an order, issued by a judge, directing officers to conduct a search of specified premises for specified objects or persons and to bring these before court |
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| the requirment that a search warrant state precisely where the search is to take plave and what items are to be seized |
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| the evidentary criterion necassary to sustain an arrest or the issuance of an arrest or search warrant: a set of facts, information, circumstances, or conditions that would lead a reasonable person to believe that an offense wwas commited and that the accused commited that offense |
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| testimony that is not firsthand but relates information told by a seond party |
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| emergency or immediate circumstance |
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| A legal doctrine that allows police to search premises where they suspect that a crime has been commited without a warrant when delay would endanger their lives or the lives of others and lead to the escape of the alleged perpetrator |
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| A term used to describe a stop and frisk |
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| The situation in which police offices who are suspiscous of an individual run their hands lightly over the suspects outer garments to determine if the person is carrying a concealed weapon, also called a threshold inquiry or pat-down |
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| search incident to a lawful arrest |
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| sn exception to the search warrant rule, limited to the immediate surrounding area |
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| police investigation technique in which officers board a bus or train without suspicion of illegal activity and question passengers, asking for identification and seeking permission to search their baggage |
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| the principle that evidence in plain view of officers may be seized without a search warrant |
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| grounds or fields attached to a house |
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| the principle that a suspect can be questioned in the field without a Miranda warning if the information the police seek is needed to protect public saftey |
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| the administrative record of an arrest, listing the offendesr name, address, physical description, DOB, employer, time of arrest, offense, and name of arresting officer; it also includes a photo and fingerprints of the offender |
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| placing a suspect in a group for the purpose of his or her being viewed and identified by a witness |
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| the principle that prohibits using illegaly obtained evidence in a trial |
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| the principle that evidence may be used in a criminal trial even though the search warrant used to obtain it was technically faulty, as long as the police acted in good faith when they sought the warrant from a judge |
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| inevitable discovery rule |
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| The principle that evidence can be used in court even though the information that led to its discovery was obtained in violation of the Miranda rule if a judge finds it would have been discovered by other means or sources |
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