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Legal Implications of Drug Trade
by Judge Carter
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2009

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U.S. v. Oliver
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Open Fields Doctrine

 

Open fields cannot support a reasonable expectation of privacy and are not protected by the 4th amendment.

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People v. Cook
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Aerial Surveillance of Backyard
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California v. Ciraolo
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Aerial surveillance from private plane in navigable airspace from 1000 ft. altitude.

 

Referred to Katz v. US.

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People v. Mayoff
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Random aerial surveillance
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Florida v. Riley
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Random aerial surveillance
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Dow Chemical Co. v. U.S.
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Aerial photography for investigative purposes

 

The government generally does not seek to appropriate trade secrets of the private sector

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Penal Code Section 6219, et seq

 

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18 U.S. Code Section 2510 and 2511 (2)(c), et seq.
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Defines terms such as "wire communication," "oral communication," etc.
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U.S. v. Rose
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No expectation of privacy in point to point transmissions, "ham radio"
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Hoffa v. U.S.
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The courts have ruled that evidence found in searches based on consent obtained by an undercover cop or as an informer to be admissible.
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U.S. v. Carroll
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The warantless search of a car does not violate the Constitution.  The mobility of a car makes it impracticable to get a search warrant.
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Chambers v. Maroney
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Once an accused is under arrest and in custody, a search made at another place without a warrant is not incident to that arrest.
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U.S. v. Chadwick
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Absent exigency, the warrantless search of double-locked luggage just placed in the trunk of a parked vehicle is a violation of the 4th amendment and not justified under the automobile exception
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U.S. v. Ross
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Okay to search automobiles w/o warrant
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California v. Acevedo
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Police may search a container within an automobile without a warrant where they have probable cause
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Terry v. Ohio
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Terry-frisk for weapons with reasonable suspicion
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Michigan v. Long
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Allow searches of car compartments during a stop with reasonable suspicion.
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Colorado v. Bertine
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The 4th amendment does not prohibit the state from proving criminal charges with the evidence discovered during the inveotry search of the respondent's van.
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U.S. v. Sharpe
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Investigative stops meet the Fourth Amendment's requirement of brevity governing detentions on probable cause.
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Texas v. Brown
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"Plain view doctrine"
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Florida v. Royer
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While it is legal for authorities to target and approach a person based on their behavior, they cannot detain or search an individual without a warrant.
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Reid v. Georgia
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Drug courier profile.  Detention ok with probable cause.
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U.S. v. Mendenhall
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Evidence viable if found under consent

“go ahead” = consent

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Florida v. Rodriguez
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Handing off keys implies consent
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People v. Krivda
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Trash rummaging, bad.

 

Overturned by Greenwood

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People v. Greenwood
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The 4th amendment does not prohibit the warnatless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a home.
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CA v. Greenwood
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Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless search and seizure of garbage placed on the curb for collection
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U.S. v. Dunn
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The area near the barn is not within the curtilage of the house for 4th amendment purposes.
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Kyllo v. U.S.
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Thermal imaging may only be done with a warrant.
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Mapp v. Ohio
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Exclusionary rule
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U.S. v. Verdugo-Urguidez
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The 4th amendment does not apply to the search and seziure by the U.S. agents of property owned by a nonresident alien and located in a foreign country.
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People v. Backus

 

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State of Florida v. Williams

 

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U.S. v. NEBIA
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Non-capital punishment offenders must be afforded reasonable bail.

Do not accept ill-gotten money.

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U.S. v. Harvey
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