search and seizure handbook

Question 1

search is

Answer 1

a search is a policer intrusion on a legitimate expectation of privacy, or a physical intrusion such as would constitute a trespass at common law

Question 2

a seizure is

Answer 2

a seizure can be of both a person and or property. a seizure of the person occurs when police interfere with an individuals freedom of movement. a seizure of property is an interference with the person with to possess control of the item

Question 3

inevitable discovery

Answer 3

police would have found the item from an illegal search anyway, thus allowing the item to be legal