Search And Seizure Essay Examples

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In this paper I am going to discuss search and seizure and how it affects us and what effect it has on us. Search and Seizure is the fourth amendment in the constitution. Its purpose is to protect people from unreasonable searches. It also helps officers from making unlawful arrests.
How the exclusionary rule comes into play with search and seizure is that is helps courts to exclude evidence from a trial upon proof of evidence. Requirements for a search warrant must be supported by a sworn and have a statement made by law enforcement and must appear before a neutral judge.

A warrant must also be supported by probable cause and the warrant must describe the person person/place that is being searched and seized. One requirement for search and …show more content…

When police showed up at the apartment it was trashed and the beds had been stripped and the first thing the police thought was that it was a murder. The officer then began to look around and started hearing a beeping sound and saw the victim’s cell phone beeping on the table. Now at this time the police officer did not have a warrant to search any of the victims stuff but despite his curiosity he picked up the victims phone and started going through her messages. When they went to court the judge had dismissed the case because did not obtain a warrant and had unreasonable evidence. The officer also violated the victim’s fourth amendment. An Example of a legal case is the United States v. The United States district courts on February 24, 1972 and ended on June 19, 1972. The U.S. had charged three different defendants on conspiracy to destroy government property. They ended up going to court because the defendant went to pretrial for the disclosure of electronic surveillance information. The government then cited an affidavit and it had been approved. The government then claimed that the surveillances, which were warrantless, was reasonable because they wanted to protect the national security. I hope you enjoy this paper as much as I enjoyed writing

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