surrounding the plain view doctrine in context to a legally executed search warrant of a suspects hard drive in order to find evidence of a particular crime being investigated. When an officer searches a physical location while executing a search warrant and discovers evidence of another crime other than the one being investigated‚ that evidence is said to be in “plain view‚” which can be seized and used to support a criminal prosecution. Many courts have simply applied the plain view doctrine to computer
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Asher APUSH/ Period 3 February 25‚ 2011 Hidden in Plain View by Jacqueline L. Tobin Slavery was an extended‚ often cruel‚ time in American history; it would take an all-out war before this evil institution was to be abolished. However‚ while in captivity‚ many slaves did not merely except their life in shackles. Instead‚ many fought back and even escaped‚ using various methods to do so‚ which Jacqueline L. Tobin documents in Hidden in Plain View. Tobin wrote this book to enlighten the reader to
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Plain View Doctrine Misty Basford Kaplan University Plain View Doctrine This rule gives police officers the ability to seize evidence involved in a crime without a warrant if the evidence is in plain sight. This rule is limited by probable cause which requires police officers to have probable cause and believe the items in plain view are evidence before they seize them. The fourth amendment does prevent unreasonable searches and seizures. There are two ways the rule can be used. 1. The officer
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Emily Arochi Plain View/Open Fields ADJ/275 February 7‚ 2010 In our readings the plain view doctrine states “that items that are within the sight of an officer who is legally in a place from which the view is made may properly be seized without a warrant—as long as such items are immediately recognizable as subject to seizure”. There are some requirements of the plain view doctrine. One requirement is the awareness of the items solely through the officer’s sight. Another requirement is that
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Broad and flat‚ plains are well named. Some appear when glaciers and streams erode away elevated terrain; others spread where rising magma pushes‚ erupts‚ and spews. Some plains spill into the oceans‚ and others are bound by mountains on several sides. They all hide a tumultuous geologic history beneath their level disguise. The base of the vast Great Plains in North America formed when several small pieces of continental crust collided and welded together more than a billion years ago. As time
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Roel R. Garcia Plain View / Open Fields Case Study Axia College University of Phoenix Scott Smith September 14‚ 2008 Today a high percentage of the arrests done by law enforcement are from seized evidence that was in plain view and does not come under the Fourth Amendment. The plain view doctrine states that items that are within the sight of a police officer who is legally in a place from which the view is made may properly be seized without a warrant as long as such items
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The Libertarian’s View on Gun Control The debate over the restrictions of gun control is centered on the Second Amendment to the Constitution‚ which gives people the right to bear arms. Gun control supporters believe that this explicit right does not extend to ownership of military-style firearms. For example‚ groups like the National Rifle Association argue that gun control infringes on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. Gun control is an on-going debate because each year more
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Four Points of View Handout A: 1. How do the colonies benefit from British rule? 2. Who is George Grenville and what did he do? 3. Why are the colonists’ complaints about “taxation without representation” unjustified? Handout B: 1. What false claims have the Patriots made about British rule? 2. What does Charles Inglis explain in his testimony and how does he explain it? (What evidence does he provide?) 3. Who is Daniel Leonard and why does he side with the King? Handout C: 1. How did Patriots’
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power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments‚ not on my gender”. Lawyers are advocates of the law as well as advisors to their clients. Stereotypes are present in the law profession‚ and it is recognized as a man’s territory. Legally Blonde‚ a film directed by Robert Luketic‚ reveals the generalizations made about a blonde sorority girl pursuing a career in law. Sex does not determine the quality of a lawyer; their knowledge‚ performance and representation of the law reflects
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Gun Control A child lies on his parents’ bedroom floor with a gunshot wound in his chest. His best friend stands over him‚ gaping. The nine-year-old boy’s eyes dart from the blood oozing from his friend‚ to his own shaking index finger‚ still clutched on the trigger of the gun. It was not supposed to happen this way. The gun was not supposed to be loaded. They should not have been snooping in the first place. But this scene has happened before‚ in countless different settings‚ with numerous different
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