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In what cases should the police have the right to search a persons private property and to what extent should a persons private property be respected?
4th Amendment
The right of people to be secure in the persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures Payton v. New York
Except in life threatening emergency, forbids police from searching home without a warrant
Anonymous tips are not sufficient evidence to justify a search
Florida v. JL
Yea or Nea
Should the police be able to search your trashcans without your permission?
Special Situations
California v. Greenwood
Whren v US
If police obtain evidence illegally, as long as that evidence is still truth bearing evidence (not forged or false evidence) should that evidence be able to be used in a court of law?
Exclusionary Rule
US v. Leon
Nix v. Williams
As long as the police act in good faith, the evidence they collect may be used Evidence obtained in violation of someones rights may be used IF the prosecutor can prove that the evidence would have been discovered legally anyways.
Yea or Nay
What sort of reasons should govern school districts when determining whether to search a students possessions?
Immediate Safety is threatened Suspicious that the immediate safety of others is threatened The belief that something illegal or against school rules could be found if a search was done?
All school officials need is reasonable grounds to believe that a search will uncover evidence that a student has broken school rules.
Court allowed and upheld Vernonias mandatory suspicionless drug tests for all students participating in interscholastic athletics
Yea or Nay
Local Police Officers can wiretap your phones to investigate their suspicions Federal agencies can wiretap your phones Homeland security can wiretap your phones People with warrants can wiretap your phones
Katz v. US
Made it illegal for any Federal agency to tap phone lines without a warrant
Allowed for federal agencies to tap phone lines without a warrant, where terrorism is a suspicion
Patriot Act
Yea or Nay
You have a right to a lawyer if you cannot afford one. How much money is enough to afford one?
8,000 per year 15,000 per year 25,000 per year 50,000 per year
Guarantee of Counsel
Gideon v. Wainwright
Whenever a jail sentence of 6 months or more is possible the accused has a right to a lawyer at the public expense from time of arrest through the appeals process.
Self-incrimination
5th Amendment
No one shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself Confessions or other incriminating statements made by someone denied a lawyer cannot be used
A person must be read their rights before they are arrested. Otherwise their statements cannot be used.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Miranda v. Arizona
Double Jeopardy
US v. Harper
Yea or Nay
The 8th Amendment protects the people from Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Should the death penalty be considered Cruel and Unusual?
8th Amendment
Furman v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia