violation by the officers shooting an unarmed suspect. Although, the family probably did not know that if an officer has probable cause to believe that a suspect poses a threat of serious bodily harm either to the police officer or others, it has not been considered unreasonable to prevent escape by using the force of deadly harm. Some of the facts in the case is that the police were doing their routine job and get a call of a burglary taking place and the cops handle the call as normal. The suspect
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The Founding Fathers demanded a “bill of rights” that would protect the people from the government. Therefore the bill of rights was added to the Constitution to make sure we had certain liberties that other countries do not give their citizens. This bill of right would make sure that the new government would not treat citizens like the old Government. So the bill of rights was the name given to the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution. These amendments guarantee
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Legal Question Presented Is the warrantless search constitutional? Short Answer The warrantless search is constitutional. Statement of Facts Kentucky undercover police officers set up a controlled buy of cocaine outside an apartment complex. When an uniformed police moved in on the suspect, the suspect ran to a breezeway of an apartment building. As the officers arrived in the area, they heard a door shut. When the officers banged on the door people and things began moving in the apartment. The
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Search & Seizure A police officer is dispatched to a call in his jurisdiction for a noise complaint. The police officer arrives hearing very loud music coming from the residence which violates a noise ordinance. The police officer knocks on the front door with no answer so he proceeds to the back door to knock when he observes what appears to be marijuana plants based on his training and experience. The police officer can seize the marijuana plants based on the Plain View Doctrine.
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CHIMEL V. CALIFORNIA 395 U.S. 752 (1969) FACTS: On September 13, 1965, the police came to the defendant house with arrested warrant for the burglary of a coin shop. The officers knocked on the door, the defendant wife open the door and allow the officers to come in and waited until her husband came home. When the defendant arrive he was served the warrant and ask permission to look around, but the defendant refused consent. A search warrant wasn’t issued and the officers still search the entire
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warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” This excerpt from the bill of rights simply states that law enforcement cannot
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murdered in similar ways. Strangulation or affixation was generally the cause of death. It held Atlanta in terror and made the national news. Wayne Bertram Williams was born May 27, 1958 to two school teachers, in the Dixie Hills neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia. During the years of 1979 and 1982 many children went missing in this neighborhood that Williams had been reared in. Williams was a wannabe disc jockey. The police had fibers found on the bodies of the victims. They released the fact that
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INTRODUCTION To be an effective police/law enforcement officer, one must understand where we (law enforcement) has been, where society believes we are and what the heck is going to happen in the future. Unfortunately the future is much more depressing than in the past. Society is getting more liberal with how the Constitution is viewed and applied towards suspects. The author posits that not to far into the distant future officers will need probable cause to make a consenual contact. But connecting
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Maitri Spence-Sharpe, ADMJ 2 Sec. 8001 Citation: Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) Facts: Three police officers went to Miss Dollree Mapp's home looking for a person wanted for questioning regarding a bombing. They had been informed that the person was hiding in Miss Mapp's house. She did not let them in because her attorney advised her not to unless the officers had a search warrant. The police remained outside doing surveillance until more officers arrived a few hours later. At that point they
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Americans and Hispanics feel that they are targeted for Stop Question and Frisk? Review of the Literature Brief History According to Loren G. Stern, stop and frisk legislation has only recently become a subject of national concern and debate, the police power to detain and question is as old as the common law of England. Detention and questioning were well known too, and strongly enforce under the English common law. Early case holdings and statues empowered the night watch of each town to detain
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