CJE-3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Exclusionary Rule, Breathalyzer, Implied Consent
15 Apr 2016
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A search is an examinaion by a governmental agent of a person, place, or thing intended to uncover or detect any evidence, contraband, fruits of a crime, or instrumentaliies of a crime. Evidence refers to objects that link a person to a crime. Contraband refers to items that ciizens may not possess without special licensing. Fruits of a crime are any beneits obtained through illegal means. An instrumentality of a crime refers to a tool used during the commission of an unlawful act (gun) A seizure usually occurs during the course of a search. It is the taking of a discovered item into custody. Police oicers can search people, places, and things and can also seize persons, place, and things. The laws of search and seizure, which are derived from interpretaions of the 4th amendment to the consituion, establish the rules by which oicers must play the crime game.
