To: Partner From: Junior Associate Re: DC v Blake INTRODUCTION OF THE ISSUES: Police officers were called to Mr. Smith’s residency regarding a noise violation on February 4th‚ 2007. Officers observed the occupants‚ including Mr. Jonathon Blake‚ through the large front window of the dwelling engaged in activity that appeared to the officers as smoking marijuana. They also witnessed Mr. Blake hand over a small plastic baggie filled with suspected cocaine to another occupant. The officers
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of acting without a warrant. In drunk-driving investigations‚ the natural dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream does not constitute an exigency in every case sufficient to justify conducting a blood test without a warrant IV. Outcome A warrantless blood test of a drunk-driving suspect is reasonable must be determined case by case based on the totality of the circumstances. V. Concurring Justice Kennedy: the way in which it
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affairs and rightly gave them distinct powers as commander in chief . However‚ this did not mean that congress was expected to retreat into the background but instead were given the power to declare war and to regulate trade. Furthermore‚ over the years‚ the proclivity of congress to make extensive allocations to presidents have been even more distinct in the area of foreign policy than in domestic policy. In foreign affairs‚ it has typically been seen that presidents have taken advantage of
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References: Arizona v. Gant. (2009). Retrieved November 22‚ 2012‚ from http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/556/07-542/ Calsyn‚ J. D.‚ Hale‚ B. C.‚ Kranz‚ H.‚ Grossman‚ M. R.‚ & Kim‚ N. E. (1998). Warrantless searches and seizures. Georgetown Law Journal‚ 86‚ 1214-1288. Cole‚ G.F.‚ & Smith C. E.‚ (2011) Criminal Justice (6th ed.). Belmont‚ California: Wadsworth. Josephson‚ M. (1996). Fourth amendment--must police knock and announce themselves before
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vehicle while the car smelled of marijuana. The officer had enough probable cause to believe Ross and Rachel were transporting illegal drugs‚ based on the amount of marijuana found in the vehicle making the arrest lawful. The arrest is considered a warrantless arrest which requires an officer to observe a crime being committed or has reliable knowledge that a crime has been or will be committed. 4. Yes the search of Ross and Rachel’s house
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Summary of the Article III of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines Bill of Rights Article III enumerates the fundamental rights of the Filipino people. The Bill of Rights sets the limits to the government’s power which proves to be not absolute. Among the rights of the people are freedoms of speech‚ assembly‚ religion‚ and the press. An important feature here is the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus which have three available grounds such as invasion
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Final Research Paper David Buckley HU1440: Rhetoric in Contemporary Culture 08/23/2013 ITT Technical Institute Richard Kmetz Final Research Paper Our forefathers with great fortitude put together a document that would be forever known as the constitution. This document addressed the rights of the citizens of the newly formed states. One amendment has been a focal point of discussion in recent weeks with the leakage of NSA protocol. The fourth amendment states‚ “The right of the people to
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Amanda Grabowski American Government Essay #1 Supreme Court Case Riley V. California Facts of the Case The facts of the case stated that on August 2‚ 2009‚ Riley‚ who belonged to the one of the gangs of San Diego‚ California‚ and others shot at a rival gang member while driving past them. The shooters got into Riley’s car and drove away. Then‚ twenty days later on August 22‚ 2009‚ the police pulled Riley over driving a different car because of his expired license registration tags. They found
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may not notice. Please give an example when knowledge of the 4th Amendment must be applied to a crime scene. An example of when knowledge of the 4th Amendment must be applied to a crime scene is when warrantless searches were or will be made. The evidence collected through warrantless searches can be deemed inadmissible in court. Please research and explain landmark case‚ such as Mapp v. Ohio‚ Terry v. Ohio‚ etc. On May 23‚ 1957‚ police officers in Cleveland Ohio suburb received information
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for possession of firearms and ammunitionWhether‚ under Georgia v. Randolph‚ a defendant must be personally present and objecting when police officers ask a co-tenant for consent to conduct a warrantless search or whether a defendant’s previously stated objection‚ while physically present‚ to a warrantless search is a continuing assertion of Fourth Amendment rights which cannot be overridden by a co-tenant. Fernandez argued that‚ under the Supreme Court’s holding in Georgia v. Randolph (2006) and
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