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Crimianl Justice
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 1
11/14/2011

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Term

Michigan Department of State Police vs Sitz

 

  

Sobriety Checkpoints

Definition

 

 

Sobriety checkpoints are a form of stop and are constitutional if they are conducted fairly and do not pose a safety hazard 

Term

Michigan vs Summers

 

Field Detection

Definition

 

 

Police officers may detain suspects with less than probable cause and may legally require suspects to reenter their houses and remain there until evidence establishing probable cause is found

Term

Michigan vs Tyler

 

Administrative Warrants

Definition

 

 

 

Public safety personnel may enter structures that are on fire to extinguish the blaze, after which officicials may remain a reasonable length of time to investigate the cause of the blaze

Term

Maryland vs Buie

 

Protective Sweeps

Definition

 

 

A protective sweep is legal and protects the arresting officer from danger posed by unknown third parties. The duration of the sweep is limited and can last no than necessary to dispel the suspicion of danger

Term

Whren vs United States

 

Traffic Stops

Definition

 

 

The real purpose of a stop even if ulterior, does not render the stop and subsequent search invalid if there was, in fact, a valid reason for the stop, such as traffic violation 

Term

Chimel  vs California

 

Search Incidental to Lawful Arrest

Definition

 

 

When making an aarrest, it is reasonable for an officer to search the person arrested to remove any weapons the latter might use to resist arrest of affect and escape. The search must be made simultaneously with the arrest and must be confined to the area within the immediate control of the suspect-that is, within his or her reach 

Term

Hester vs United States 

 

Open Fields, Abandoned Property, Trash

 

Definition

 

If something is open to the public and has no expectation of privacy, it is not protected by the Fourth Amendment.  

Term

Kylio vs United States

 

Thermal Imaging

Definition

 

 

Using a thermal imager to surveil a home is a seach under the Fourth Amendment and, as such, requires a search warrant based on probable cause

Term

Michigan vs Tucker

 

Public Safety Exception

Definition

 

 

Miranda warnings are not themselves rights protected by constitution, but are measures to ensure that the right against compulsory self-incrimination is protected. On some facts there is a "public safety" exception to the requirement that Mirand warnings be given before a suspect answers me be admitted into evidence, and the availbality of the exception does not depend upon the motivation of the individual officer

Term

Sorrels vs United States

 

Entrapment

Definition

 

 

Law enforcement may use traps, decoys and deception to obtain evidence of the commission of a crime. Resort to such means does not render an indictment thereafter found a nuullity nor call for the exclusion of evidence so procured

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