CP Flashcards
GOV ACTION
SEARCH AND SEIZURE MUST BE BY GOV AGENT/DIRECTION OF THE GOV
SEARCH
GOV SEARCH OF A LOCATION W A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY
OPEN FIELDS DOCTRINE
OPEN AREAS W NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY
NOT A SEARCH
PROBABLE CAUSE
REASONABLE PERSON WOULD CONCLUDE IT IS MORE PROBABLY THAN NOT THT A CRIME HAS TAKEN PLACE
WARRANT REQ
SEARCHES MUST BE PURSUANT TO A WARRANT
WARRANT REQS (DETAILS)
1) ISSUED BY DETACHED MAGISTRATE
2) FACTS MUST BE FRESH
3) PERSON/PLACES MUST BE SPECIFIC
4) CANNOT EXCEED THE SCOPE
INFORMANTS
POLICE CAN RELY ON INFORMANTS FOR PC
PLAIN VIEW
POLICE CAN SEIZE WHAT IS IN PLAIN VIEW DURING A LAWFUL SEARCH
ILLEGAL SEARCH
WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY DISMISS INDICTMENT
PROTECTIVE SWEEP
SEARCH FOR ADDTL CRIMINALS
ALLOWED FOR SAFETY OF OTHERS PRESENT
EXCEPTIONS TO WARRANT REQ
CONSENT
SITLA
AUTOMOBILE
INVENTORY
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
BORDER
CONSENT
ONE WHO HAS CONTROL/APPARENT AUTHORITY OVER THE PROPERTY
CO-OCCUPANT CONSENT
A PRESENT CO-OCCUPANTS CAN REFUSE
A NON PRESENT CO-OCCUPANT CANNOT REFUSE
SEARCH INCIDENT TO LAWFUL ARREST
ARREST MUST BE LAWFUL
SEARCH OF PERSON/WINGSPAN
ARREST OF A CAR OCCUPANT
POLICE MAY SEARCH PASSENGER COMPARTMENT IF
1) OCCUPANT IS UNSECURED
2)REASONABLE BELIEF OF EVIDENCE OF CRIME OF ARREST
INVENTORY SEARCH
AFTER ARREST AT THE POLICE STATION, POLICE CAN SEARCH THE PERSON/CAR
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
REASONABLE BELIEF EVIDENCE MAY BE LOST OR DESTROYED
EXCEPTION TO WARRANT
ILLEGAL AUTOMOBILE STOP-NO VIOLATION:
IF THERE WAS NO REASON TO PULL THE CAR OVER, NOTHING FOUND IS ADMISSIBLE
LEGAL AUTOMOBILE STOP- TRAFFIC VIOLATION
POLICE CANNOT SEARCH THE CAR
UNLESS SOME EVIDENCE OF OTHER CRIMES
AUTOMOBILE STOP- PROBABLE CAUSE:
POLICE MAY SEARCH ENTIRE CAR IF PROBABLE CAUSE THE CAR IS CARRYING CONTRABAND
BORDER SEARCH
NO WARRANT NECESSARY
SEARCH OUTSIDE THE US
US OFFICIALS MAY SEARCH YOU ON FOREIGN LAND
DOG SNIFF
NOT A SEARCH IN A PUBLIC PLACE
STOP & FRISK
STOP: RS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS AFOOT
FRISK: REASONABLE BELIEF PERSON IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS
AUTOMOBILE STOPS
CHECKPOINTS ALLOWED W GENERIC UNIFORM METHOD FOR STOP