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Helix: Criminal Proc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fourth Amendment | |
| FA: Constitutional Protection | eople have the right against unreasonable searches and seizures; any evidence obtained as a result of a Fourth Amendment violation will be suppressed at trial |
| FA Violtion | The conduct by government-authorized personnel; (2) search or a seizure; (3) The government actor did not have a valid warrant for the search or seizure, or had a valid warrant but executed it improperly; and (4) No exception to the warrant |
| FA: Exclusionary Rule | f there has been a violation, the evidence will be excluded unless an exception applies. If an exception applies, then the evidence will be admitted despite a violation of the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights |
| FA: Governemtn Conduct | The Fourth Amendment only applies to conduct of persons working on behalf of the government |
| FA: Search | Katz, a search if (1) a person has a legitimate personal expectation of privacy in the area being searched or communication by the government, and (2) this expectation is reasonable under the circumstances |
| S: REOP | in - home, apartment, business, or hotel room; personal belongings, (3) Private phone conversations; (4) Cell-phone location data from a phone company for a period of seven days or more; (5) items person has an ownership interest; and (6) Curtilage |
| S:REOP: Curtilage | Proximity of the area to the home; (2) Whether the area is included within an enclosure surrounding the home; (3) The nature of use of the property; and (4) Steps taken by the resident to protect the area from observation. |
| S: NO reop | Prisoners; (2) Car passengers, in any area of the car unless (a) driver’s spouse, (b) using a taxi service, or (c) the search is of personal belongings; and (3) Guests in another person’s home unless the person stays overnight; |
| S:REOP | nformation voluntarily disclosed to a third party (2) Garbage or observable by the public; (3) Conversations that can be overheard in public; (4) Open fields and (5) Aerial surveillance in flyovers of curtilage or open fields |
| S: Exceptions | search with no REOP |
| S:E: | Kyllo: (1) The police used technology that is not in general use (2) to gather information about the defendant’s home that would not otherwise be obtainable; or (2) Constitutional Trespass Test: (1) The police physically intruded onto a person’ |
| Seizure | A seizure of property or a person occurs if (1) the police meaningfully interfere with a person’s possessory interest in an item, or (2) a person reasonably believes he is not free to leave or terminate the encounte |
| S: Terry Stop | (1) the police officer uses physical force on the person, or (2) the police officer displays a show of authority, the subject submits to the officer’s authority by stopping, and a reasonable person in that situation would feel he is not free to leave |
| S: Custody | fficer arrests a person by depriving the person of freedom in a significant way; arrests must be supported by probable cause. Probable cause is present if under the totality of the circumstances, there is a fair probability that evidenc |
| Obtaining a valid warrant | If a government search or seizure is conducted pursuant to a valid warrant, then the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights were not violated. A warrant is valid if four requirements are met |
| OVW: | Under the totality of the circumstances, there must be a fair probability (i.e., probable cause) that evidence of a crime will be found in the area being searched or that the person being arrested committed a crime |
| OVW: A |