Fourth amendment primer

• Author: Deja Vishny
• Pages: 123-138

FOURTH AMENDMENT

PRIMER

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CHAPTER 3

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I. INTRODUCTION

II. CORE PRINCIPLES

A. Exclusionary Rule

§3:01 Illegally Obtained Evidence is Inadmissible

§3:02 Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine

B. Applicability of Fourth Amendment

1. Reasonable Expectation of Privacy and Freedom from Trespass

§3:03 General Rule: Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

§3:04 General Rule: Freedom from Trespass

§3:05 Multi-Dwelling Units

§3:06 Motor Vehicles

§3:07 Abandonment

§3:08 Open Fields

§3:09 Supreme Court Cases: Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Found

§3:10 Supreme Court Cases: No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Found

2. Defendant’s Motion Must Establish Standing

§3:11 Demonstrate Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

§3:12 Defendant’s Burden

§3:13 Look Beyond Supreme Court Precedent

3. Searches by Private Parties

§3:14 When Private Party Acts as Agent of Government

[§§3:15-3:19 Reserved]

III. WARRANT SEARCHES

A. Governing Principles

§3:20 Requirement of Search Warrant

§3:21 Determination of Probable Cause

§3:22 Permissible Scope of Search Warrants

§3:23 Plain View

§3:24 Knock and Announce

B. Challenging Search Warrants

§3:25 Obtained by False Statement or Reckless Disregard for Truth

[§3:26 Reserved]

C. Exceptions to Search Warrant Requirement

§3:27 Search Incident to Arrest

§3:28 Protective Sweep

§3:29 Plain View

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PRIMER

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§3:30 Exigent Circumstances : The Emergency Doctrine

§3:31 Exigent Circumstances: Hot Pursuit

§3:32 Consent

§3:33 Automobile Exception

§3:34 Special Needs Exception

[§§3:35-3:39 Reserved]

IV. SEIZURE AND SEARCH OF PERSONS

A. The Terry Doctrine

§3:40 Reasonable Suspicion

§3:41 Def‌ining a Seizure

§3:42 Permissible Length of Temporary Seizure

§3:43 Requests for Identif‌ication

§3:44 Arrests Distinguished

B. Search of a Person

§3:45 Reasonable Suspicion: Frisk of Suspects

§3:46 Scope of Terry Frisk

§3:47 Use of Unreasonable Force During Search

[§§3:48-3:54 Reserved]

V. EXCEPTIONS TO EXCLUSIONARY RULE

§3:55 Parole Revocation Hearings

§3:56 Good Faith

§3:57 Attenuation

§3:58 Inevitable Discovery

§3:59 Independent Source

§3:60 Other Exceptions to Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine