Weeks’ right against unreasonable search and seizure had been violated, the evidence was invalid and must not be included in the trial. This ruling has become what is known as the exclusionary rule, the law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial. For the rest of the century, this rule remained the groundwork for most related cases. However, with the introduction of digitally stored information and property, a new debate of how far the Fourth’s protections expanded
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Max McClellan 9/20/15 APUSH Schneider The Bill of Rights Supreme Court Cases Case 1: Texas vs. Johnson (1989) A.) Gregory Lee Johnson burned an American flag outside of the convention center where the 1984 Republican National Convention was being held in Dallas, Texas. Johnson burned the flag to protest the policies of President Ronald Reagan. He was arrested and charged with violating a Texas statute that prevented the desecration of a venerated object, including the American flag. A Texas court
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laws relating to policy, practices, and procedures. The United States is a country that is a representative democracy. In other words, the laws reflect the will of the people and the government officials reflect and enforce the laws and rules according to federal, state and local guidelines. (scholastic.com) This also means that we elect our officials and they are sworn to uphold the laws and duties of their respective offices. The citizens of this country pay taxes in order for the government
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The admissibility of evidence, depends first on the concept of relevancy of a sufficiently high degree of probative value, and secondly, on the fact that the evidence tendered does not infringe any of the exclusionary rules that may be applicable to it. Relevancy is not primarily dependant on rules of law but admissibility is founded on law. Thus, relevancy usually known as logical relevancy while admissibility is known as legal
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circumstances such as sending a bill to an address and receiving payment from the bill. E. Voice identification that can be learned from firsthand or through a mechanical or electronic transmission such as a television or digital answering device("Rules of evidence," 2011). The six ways that photographic, recorded and computer generated evidence can be used in a trail are: 1. To show the scene of any incident, including the crime, 2. To demonstrate a theory as to how events occurred or might have
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Street ) Mountain View, California, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ) One Microsoft Way ) Redmond, Washington, ) ) Defendant. ) ) ____________________________________ ) Civil Action No. _____ JURY TRIAL DEMANDED (Per Local Civil Rule 40.5, Related to Civil Action Nos. 98-1232 and 98-1233) COMPLAINT This action follows the determination of Microsoft Corporation’s (“Microsoft”) antitrust liability in United States v. Microsoft, Civil Action Nos. 98-1232 and 98-1233, unanimously
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Critical Thinking –Chapter #19 Assignment #2 7/25/2010 1. Describe a crime. Who are the parties to a criminal action? A crime is any act done by a person in violation of those duties that he or she owes to society and for the breach of which the law provides a penalty. The parties in a criminal action are the plaintiff which is the government represented by the prosecuting attorney and the defendant who is the person or business accused of the crime. 3. Describe the difference between
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Anti-Trust Laws and the Consumer Anti-trust laws protect the consumer from unfair and deceptive trade practices. These laws were created to protect business owners, consumers and economic efficiency. In an open and free market, businesses must provide quality products and services to consumers as well as truthful representation of their goods and services. Misrepresentation results in inferior products and artificially inflated prices for the consumer and is at times accomplished through unlawful
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evidence discovered in the search, but the Court denied her motion. The Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County found her guilty and sentenced her to probation for one year. The New Jersey Supreme Court stated that the exclusionary rule of the Fourth Amendment applies to searches and seizures conducted by school officials in public
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government. The government, not the police make the laws. Then we hire the police to go out and enforce these laws and every day the police are out in our violent society serving and protecting us. After the government comes up with the laws and rules of our society we turn these laws over to the police to do our dirty work. When the government has the different laws in place they rely on the police to go and fight the war on crime. This relationship between our government and the police uses
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