Chapter 32 - Trespassing Flashcards
Trespassing ROA
In presence
Trespass Elements
Enter or Stay without right
- Property of another
- After notice (by a person with lawful control, directly, by posted notice, or court order)
Is an arrest needed to prove trespass
No, officers may physically remove someone then arrest once outside
Are people allowed to enter a place to see if they are wanted then leave if they are denied
Yes
People entering places they are not supposed is looked at by which standard
Reasonableness
Is a political protest an excuse to trespass
no, you aren’t limiting the speech, you’re limiting where they can protest
CL- protest on college campus, asked to move to free speech area and refused, arrest
GOOD
If a suspect refuses to answer questions regarding their right to be somewhere this can used as
PC to arrest
Five ways to communicate an area is off limits
Posted sign
Verbal ejection
Privacy precautions
No trespass notice
Court order
Although a sign for trespassing must be visible what do you not have to prove
that the suspect actually saw it
saw horses with signs saying DO NOT ENTER and policy to enter through the front door, mom and daughter passed saw horses to fight another student
Trespassing
No trespassing sign invites officers to ______ not arrest
investigate
officers see juveniles outside a multi unit building with a no trespassing sign, arrested one immediately and found a gun, later found out his friend invited him to the property
No good
For trespassing at a public park or playground there must be proof that the sign is
based on a rule approved by the appropriate governing body
What is the most obvious ejection notice
verbal ejection
stadium enclosed by a locked gate and bleachers when there was no event
Good - privacy precautions
Barring entry through fence, walls, locked gates, doors is an example of what type of notice
privacy precautions
fleeing from the police and running through 5 residential backyards - climbing fences
Trespassing
What is proof alone that a person had knowledge that they were unwanted
Written notice
Is written notice required to charge trespassing
No