SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs SPEA-J 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reasonable Suspicion, Curtilage, U.S. Route 35
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Was written as one of the primary grievances early american colonists had towards the. Still serves its purpose in restricting gov. intrusions in the private lives of citizens. Protects persons, house, papers, and effects from unreasonable search & seizure. Reasonableness clause which proscribes unreasonable searches and seizures. Warrant clause which states that no warrants shall be issues, but upon probable cause, supported by the oath & particularly describing the place or persons to be searched. Persons encompasses the individual as a whole both internally & externally. House is any structure that person uses as a residence. Papers & effects includes nearly all personal items. Cases that address external & internal of a person. Olmstead v. us, 277 us 438 (1928) The 1st case that the ussc recognized that private individuals was burdeau v. A search is an activity geared towards finding evidence to be used in a criminal prosecution. The search must be of a gov. action.