search and Seizure Flashcards
4th amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their:
1. persons
2. house
3. papers
4. and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizure,
Where do we get our search and seizure laws?
- 4th amendment
- Section 7, Article II of Constitution
of Colorado.
4th amendment rules:
- warrant rule
- probable cause rule
- Reasonableness rule
Privacy definition
reasonable expectation of privacy which society will recognize
how is Reasonableness determined
- balancing the states interest in
conducting a search against the
intrusion into a persons legitimate
expectation of privacy - examining the facts as they existed
at the moment the search was
undertaken
Katz
FBI phone booth
When a person exabits actual subjective expectation of privacy, which society recognizes as being objectively reasonable.
5th amendment
- The right to remain
silent. - The right to
counsel - Privilege against
compulsory self
incrimination - Due process clause
Two types of waived rights
- expressed waiver
- implied waiver
Custody means
- under totality of circumstances
- a reasonable
person in the defendants
position would consider - deprived of his freedom of
action to the degree of a formal
arrest
When does a seizure occur under the 4th amendment
- when a reasonable person
would not have felt free to - leave or otherwise terminate an
encounter with the law
enforcement.
Functional equivalent of interrogation
any words or actions by the police which they should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response.
exceptions to Miranda
- volunteered or spontaneous statements
- clarifying questions
- routine questions
- spontaneous questions
- questions related to public safety
do you have to speak a single word to be engaged in “interrogation”?
no
actions can be the functional equivalent of questions
are standard booking questions and custodial instructions and inquiries considered interrogation
no
Terry stops implicates what ammendment
4th