Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Strip Search, E.G. Records
23 Apr 2018
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Searches and seizures can adversely impact on a person"s privacy and liberty. If the interference of specific criminal activity is a reasonable inference from the facts, the warrant can be issued. Some school areas: determining when someone has a reasonable expectation of privacy can be very controversial, e. g. emanations form the home, e. g. records of internet usage (or even subscriber information, e. g. text messages stored on the recipient"s phone. Warrantless searches: the law also authorizes the police to conduct warrantless searches in a number of situations, the most common and probably most significant situation is when a person is searched incident to her arrest. He speaks to the driver and obtains her licence. A computer check reveals an outstanding warrant for her arrest for unpaid traffic fines. The officer arrests the driver on the basis of the warrant. In talking to the driver, the officer notices garbage bags in the back seat.
