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Search-and-Seizure Issues!
Posted by FoM on April 08, 1999 at 08:59:47 PT
Source: Nando Times
Which of the following violates the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures? Hint: All three cases were decided this term by the U.S. Supreme Court; only one was deemed a violation.
--A Minnesota police officer peeks between the blinds of an apartment window and sees three people placing cocaine in baggies. All three are arrested. --A motorist pulled over for a routine traffic violation in Iowa is placed under arrest after the police officer finds drugs under the driver's seat. --A Wyoming trooper searching a car for drugs used by the driver finds drugs inside a passenger's purse. He has no reason to suspect the passenger when he starts the search, but arrests her after the discovery. Click the above link to read the whole article!
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Comment #3 posted by ROSE on June 23, 1999 at 08:40:42 PT:
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I LIVE IN CONNECTICUT.MY NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN HARASSED TWICE BY TEENAGERSMY BOYFRIEND GOT INTO AN ARGUEMENT THE SAME DAY,AND WAS ARRESTED FOR BREACH OF PEACE THROWING WATER AT THE NEIGHBOR WHO SPIT IN HIS FACETHEY TRIED TO ACCUSE HIM OF BEING AT FAULT FOR THE TWO KIDS HARASSING THE NEIGHBORI DIDNT OPEN MY DOOR SO HE COULD TALK TO THE COPS,AFTER SERIOUS BANGING ON THE DOOR AND FLASHING OF LIGHTS WHICH SCARED MY KIDS THE OFFICERS GOT THE LANDLORD TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR WITH A KEY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT WAS LEGAL FOR THEM TO OPEN THE DOOR JUST FOR BREACH OF PEACE?THEY SAID THEY DID IT TO SEE HOW THE KIDS WERE DOING BUT THEY DIDNT EVEN ASKED IF THE KIDS WERE FINE OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE KIDS,THEY JUST ASKED WHERE MY BOYFRIEND WAS AND IF IT WAS HIM LAYING DOWN SLEEPING.THEY ARRESTED HIM ALSO FOR BREACH OF PEACE.
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Comment #2 posted by ROSE on June 23, 1999 at 08:40:39 PT:
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I LIVE IN CONNECTICUT.MY NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN HARASSED TWICE BY TEENAGERSMY BOYFRIEND GOT INTO AN ARGUEMENT THE SAME DAY,AND WAS ARRESTED FOR BREACH OF PEACE THROWING WATER AT THE NEIGHBOR WHO SPIT IN HIS FACETHEY TRIED TO ACCUSE HIM OF BEING AT FAULT FOR THE TWO KIDS HARASSING THE NEIGHBORI DIDNT OPEN MY DOOR SO HE COULD TALK TO THE COPS,AFTER SERIOUS BANGING ON THE DOOR AND FLASHING OF LIGHTS WHICH SCARED MY KIDS THE OFFICERS GOT THE LANDLORD TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR WITH A KEY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT WAS LEGAL FOR THEM TO OPEN THE DOOR JUST FOR BREACH OF PEACE?THEY SAID THEY DID IT TO SEE HOW THE KIDS WERE DOING BUT THEY DIDNT EVEN ASKED IF THE KIDS WERE FINE OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE KIDS,THEY JUST ASKED WHERE MY BOYFRIEND WAS AND IF IT WAS HIM LAYING DOWN SLEEPING.THEY ARRESTED HIM ALSO FOR BREACH OF PEACE.
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Comment #1 posted by ROSE on June 23, 1999 at 08:39:22 PT:
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I LIVE IN CONNECTICUT.MY NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN HARASSED TWICE BY TEENAGERSMY BOYFRIEND GOT INTO AN ARGUEMENT THE SAME DAY,AND WAS ARRESTED FOR BREACH OF PEACE THROWING WATER AT THE NEIGHBOR WHO SPIT IN HIS FACETHEY TRIED TO ACCUSE HIM OF BEING AT FAULT FOR THE TWO KIDS HARASSING THE NEIGHBORI DIDNT OPEN MY DOOR SO HE COULD TALK TO THE COPS,AFTER SERIOUS BANGING ON THE DOOR AND FLASHING OF LIGHTS WHICH SCARED MY KIDS THE OFFICERS GOT THE LANDLORD TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR WITH A KEY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT WAS LEGAL FOR THEM TO OPEN THE DOOR JUST FOR BREACH OF PEACE?THEY SAID THEY DID IT TO SEE HOW THE KIDS WERE DOING BUT THEY DIDNT EVEN ASKED IF THE KIDS WERE FINE OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE KIDS,THEY JUST ASKED WHERE MY BOYFRIEND WAS AND IF IT WAS HIM LAYING DOWN SLEEPING.THEY ARRESTED HIM ALSO FOR BREACH OF PEACE.
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