Fourth Amendment - Introduction Flashcards

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Fourth Amendment

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Protects from UNREASONABLE searches and seizures and requiring warrants to be based on probable cause.

*Applies ONLY to government conduct

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Seizure of Persons

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when, due to government action, a reasonable person in the defendant’s position would not feel free to leave or terminate a police encounter

*police need to use physical force OR a showing of authority followed by submission.

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Terry Stop

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A brief investigatory seizure. The difference with arrest is duration and purpose. The permissible duration is the time necessary to confirm a reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred; if so, police now have probable cause (PC). If suspicion is denied, the seizure must stop.

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Seizure of Property

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Police take action that results in a meaningful interference with a possessory interest

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Search

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Any government investigatory trespass against a fourth amendment interest OR intrusion into a reasonable expectation of privacy (REP).

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Investigatory Trespass

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Intrusion upon the target’s person, home (including curtilage), papers, or effects for the purpose of finding or gathering evidence of a crime.

*Police need an investigatory motive.

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Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

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This requires that:

  1. ) the D manifests a subjective expectation of privacy by making an effort to shield the thing or activity from the public; AND
  2. ) the expectation is objectionably reasonable because it is an expectation society is willing to recognize
    * NO REP if objects are held out to the public (i.e., handwriting, voice, bank records, email headings, open fields, or discarded property)
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Police use of devices or animals that enhance human sense

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Use of commonly available equipment to enhance the natural senses of sight, hearing, or smell will not qualify as a search unless:

  1. ) police enter upon the curtilage of the home to utilize the device; or
  2. ) police use a device (like a thermal imager) that enables them to see “through the walls” of a home.
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