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criminal law
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Civics
12th Grade
11/17/2011

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Mapp v Ohio
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Dollree Mapp denied police entrance to her house. Police claimed to have search warrant but refused to show it. Cannot seize evidence without warrant.
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People v North
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Mark North was stealing from girlfriends house. His girlfriend Turner recovered stolen objects. evidence not seized by police but private citizen. It was valid
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US v Leon
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Leon convicted on illegally obtained evidence. Officer unaware of their invalid warrant searched the house. "good faith exception" evidence is admissable
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Chimel v California
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Chimel suspect in burglary of a coin shop. Chimel's wife let police into house. Upon arrest Chimel objected to searching of his house. The police did anyways. The evidence was excluded from the case. Only search area within immediate control of suspect.
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Terry v Ohio
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Officer observes suspicious behavior of three males. He trailed the men and gave them pat downs.The frisking and evidence acquired was constitutional
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Georgia v Randolph
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Arrested for possession of cocaine. Wife gave consent to search but withdrew after police spots cocaine in plain sight.It is unconstitutional to search with only consent of one occupant if two are present in situation
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Cupp v Murphy
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Convicted of murdering his wife. Police took samples of blood under his nails without his consent. It was valid because it was to preserve evidence.
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People v Camacho
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Officers walk across lawn to peer into window and see drugs. Expected privacy cannot use the evidence.
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People v Reiss
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officers see marijuana plants over a fence. Officers were on sidewalk, public property, evidence is good.
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US v Ross
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Established there can be search if probable cause.officer got a tip this person was selling drugs. They saw bullet in front seat. then searched glove compartment to find gun. Later without search warrant they found heroin in the trunk and money else where.
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Illinois v Caballes
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Drug detecting dog alerts to drugs in trunk. Marijuana was found and he was convicted. This was legal since dog does not violate privacy.
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Wyoming v Houghton
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In routine traffic stop officer spots needles in shirt pocket. All subsequent searches related are constitutional.
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Brendlin v California
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Brendlin in the car was stopped without probable cause (detained) therefore the drugs found could not be used as evidence
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People v Ray
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Community Caretaker. neighbor reports a house's door is open. Police go inside and find drugs. Evidence is good because they were acting out their role of community caretaker
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T.L.O. v New Jersey
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Girl caught smoking in restroom. Brought to ass. vice principal's office where he asked for purse. They can search purse because probable cause. Court used less strict definition of reasonable b/c was in school
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In re William G.
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Confiscated students calculator case in suspicion and drugs were found. This was legal because of reasonable suspicion search would find evidence
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Virnonia School District v Acton
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authorized random drug tests. legal because kids were under State supervision during school hours, they are subject to greater control than over free adults
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BC v Plumas Unified School District
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Dogs were brought in to sniff students. Dog sniff intrudes on people's expectations of privacy. NOOOO GOOOD
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Miranda v Arizona
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Miranda was arrested and identified as a rapist. He was questioned but never read his rights to stay silent or to request counsel. Court decided evidence could not be used violated 5th amendment
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Yarborough v Alvarado
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17 year old involved in robbery in 2nd degree murder. was not read miranda rights but was concluded he was not in custody. when considering whether someone is in custody age and precious criminal record does not matter
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Schmerber v California
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was involved in drunk driving accident. When hospitalized police took sample of blood. legal b/c blood test is not testimony
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New York v Quarles
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while arresting suspect they felt an empty holster. And then asked where the gun was before miranda rights. Ok because of public safety was in question
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Brewer v Williams
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Suspect highly religious. "Christian Burial Speech" was coercion. he was mirandarized but since police directly spoke to suspect it was unconstitutional
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Rhode Island v Innis
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Arrested for shooting cab driver with shotgun. Police indirectly talked about the possibility of child hurting themselves with gun. Suspect led them to gun. It was constitutional because not directly asking
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Oregon v Elstad
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suspect of burglary accidentally blurted self incriminating statement before being Mirandized. but confessed afterwards. Confession was valid even though officers didn't mirandize initially
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Harris v New York
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Before receiving miranda rights suspect admitted to heroin sales but later denied. The statement could be used to show inconsistency but not to incriminate.
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Missouri v Seibert
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killed son in fire. before being mirandized she confessed. she was given a 20 minutes break mirandized and gave a confession. The second confession did not count because break was not long enough to lead her to believe she did not have to answer them (or leave)
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