Call to Call to OrderOrder!!!ATTENTION!!!

STOLEN LAPTOPOfficer Hollins received a report that

a student at AFSIVA stole a school laptop.

He travels to the students house and when the student opens the door. Officer Hollins pushes his way past the student and into the house.

Officer Hollins finds the laptop and promptly arrests the student.

Was this action legal or illegal?Why?

Mapp v. Ohio

Big Idea:

If the police do not get a warrant or follow the law, evidence that they find can be thrown out of court [exclusionary rule]

What Amendments?

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“Your honor, I plead the fifth”

11stst 55 thth

What Amendment?

“Hey man…listen ok…this is overboard…I was just playin when I took that old lady’s purse!”

88thth

What Amendment?

11stst

Answer Question

Which of the following is “speech that hurts someone’s name, character and reputation”?

A) Clear and Present Danger

B) Defamatory Speech

C) Symbolic Speech

D) Pure Speech

Slander or

Libel

?

Slander or Libel?Slander or Libel?At the high school student

government elections, Randy got up and said that a well known parent in the community has been stealing students’ electronics from school.

Randy had no evidence to prove this.

4th AmendmentThe right of the people to be secure in

their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

4th Amendment

WarrantWritten authorization

from a judge.It describes what police

are looking for and where they will look for it.

4th AmendmentA reasonable

suspicion that a crime has been committed and that evidence will be found.

Probable Cause

If there is a ringing coming from your bag, then I have probable causeprobable cause to believe that a PHONE IS IN THERE!

Search #1At the local shopping mall, an

undercover detective notices a group of teenagers shopping together.

Following them, he observes no illegal behavior.

However, once they exit the mall he stops them and orders them to turn over their purses, wallets, and jackets.

Is this search legal or illegal?

Search #2Using a valid arrest warrant, police

arrest a woman for running a drug ring out of her house.

Believing that her boss, one of the biggest drug dealers in the country, may be hiding inside the house, they walk through the house looking for him.

Is this search legal or illegal?

Search #3Officer Jones is trying to find a convict who

escaped from a nearby jail.

Going door-to-door in the neighborhood surrounding the jail, he asks permission to enter each house and search it. The Nguyen's allow him to enter their house.

Once in the house, the officer sees and seizes an unregistered firearm that is on a bookshelf.

Is this search legal or illegal?

Search #4In a neighborhood well known for

producing methamphetamines, the police have a warrant to search the basement of one home to find a production lab.

Finding nothing in the basement, they perform a protective sweep search on the rest of the house.

Is this search legal or illegal?

Search #5While chaperoning a high-school

football game, police in Mississippi see a gun on the front seat of a parked car.

Opening the car door, they discover not only the gun but also bullets and a knife.

Is this search legal or illegal?

Search #6Jody and Chandra attend a keg party

where all of those drinking were under age. The police break up the party without arresting anyone.

They seize Jody's purse. Inside, they find marijuana and arrest Jody for possession.

Is this search legal or illegal?

Search #7Late for work, Diego was driving

five miles over the speed limit when pulled over by the police.

Ordering Diego out of the car, the police proceed to frisk him and find a small weapon in his jacket pocket.

Is this search legal or illegal?

New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)

Big Idea:Big Idea:

How is this similar to How is this similar to Tinker v. Des MoinesTinker v. Des Moines??

Scenarios & Acrostic1.Answer the

scenarios with a brief “Why?” response.

2.Create an acrostic which demonstrates how the New Jersey v. TLO decision effects you!

Example:Example:If I were making an

acrostic about the Buffalo Bills…

B – BoyI – I L – LoveL – LosingS – Super Bowls