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SEARCH
AND
SEIZURE
Introduction to the 4th
Amendment to the US
Constitution
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
“The 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.”
THREE KEY WORDS
4th AMENDMENT
The Founding Fathers did not convey a definition of these
three words though—the Courts have been forced to
define them and give us guidance.
UNREASONABLE SEARCH SEIZURE
WHICH COURT GIVES US GUIDANCE?
Court Structure
CIRCUIT
COURT
ARKANSAS
COURT OF
APPEALS
ARKANSAS
SUPREME
COURT
Arkansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
8TH
CIRCUIT
COURT OF
APPEALS
UNITED
STATES
SUPREME
COURT
SEARCH AND
SEIZURE DEFINED
Actions that evoke a 4th Amendment claim must involve the “Government”.
Private party actions do not apply to 4th Amendment.
Government interference
with freedom of movement
(by means of physical
force or show of authority).
Reasonable belief not free
to terminate the encounter
at will.
SEIZURE
Government intrusion upon
a reasonable expectation
of privacy.
SEARCH
 A seizure occurs when a person submits to the commands of an
officer OR
 One acting under the color of law OR
 Is restrained by physical force, however slight, which facilitated
submission.
HORTON v. CALIFORNIA
496 U.S. 128 (1990)
“What a person knowingly exposes to the public,
even in his home, is not a subject of Fourth
Amendment protection. But what he seeks to
preserve as private, even in an area accessible to
the public may be constitutionally protected.”
KATZ V. UNITED STATES
389 U.S. 347 (1967)
“The fourth amendment protects reasonable expectations of
privacy rather than simply places. If the inspection by police
does not intrude upon a reasonable expectation of privacy,
there is no search subject to the warrant clause.”
REASONABLE EXPECTATION
OF PRIVACY
EXCLUSIONARY
RULE
If evidence is seized or discovered in a
way that violates the Fourth
Amendment (that is to say in a way that
is unreasonable and/or without
probable cause) then the exclusionary
rule provides that such evidence may
be suppressed and cannot be used
against the accused.
“The exclusionary
prohibition extends
as well to the indirect
as the direct
products of such
invasions” (Wong
Sun v. Unites States
{1963})
ALL EVIDENCE
FROM SAME
ORIGIN
“Under the fruit of the
poisonous tree doctrine, all
evidence derived from the
exploitation of an illegal
search or seizure must be
suppressed”
SUPPRESSED AND
UNABLE TO BE USED
AGAINST DEFENDANT
FRUIT OF THE
POISONOUS TREE
Remedy for searches that are deemed to
violate 4th Amendment protections.
WARRANT
REQUIREMENT
The amendment does not mandate a
warrant for all searches and seizures, the
underlying premise is that if the officer has
time a warrant should be secured.
The general rule, of course, is that a search
or seizure without a warrant is presumed to
be unreasonable and therefore unlawful.
WARRANT
REQUIREMENT
Warrants issued by a judge are presumed
reasonable. The burden of proof falls on the
defense to prove a search warrant signed by a
judge was unreasonable.
The warrant must be issued by a
disinterested magistrate.
The magistrate must find probable
cause to believe that the place to
be searched contains items
connected with criminal activity.
WARRANT
REQUIREMENT
PARTICULARITY
The warrant must
describe the person or
the place to be
searched and the
items to be seized
with particularity.
“the requirement that warrants shall
particularly describe the things to be
seized prevents the seizure of one thing
under a warrant describing another. As
to what is to be taken, nothing is left to
the discretion of the officer executing
the warrant” (Marron v. United States)
Probable cause is supplied by evidence which would
lead a reasonable person to believe that an offense
has been or is being committed or that the items to
which a search warrant is directed are located in the
area described.
WARRANT REQUIREMENT
PROBABLE CAUSE:
Staleness: An affidavit for a search warrant must
present timely information, and the warrant must be
promptly executed.
WARRANT REQUIREMENT
STALENESS:
Daytime 0600-2000
(95% of warrants will fall in this category)
Nighttime 2000-0600
Destruction of evidence
supporting facts…dead end road, video surveillance, dogs,
lookouts, barricades, etc..
WARRANT REQUIREMENT
Normal hours of service
Knock and announce
20 second rule
No Knock
Officer Safety
supporting facts…known presence of weapons, violent
criminal history, knowledge of any threats towards police.
WARRANT REQUIREMENT
Type of Service
The courts have recognized that unique circumstances
may render a warrantless search nonetheless reasonable
so long as the search falls within one of the established
“exceptions to the warrant requirement”.
The burden of proof rests on the government to prove the
search was reasonable.
WARRANT REQUIREMENT
No Suspicion
Some or Mere Suspicion
Reasonable Suspicion R/S
Probable Cause P/C
Reasonable Certainty
Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
LEVELS OF SUSPICION
 Some or Mere Suspicion
– The lowest level of suspicion. A subjective suspicion on
the part of an officer, i.e. a suspicion in his mind and
need not be based on any objectively articulable facts.
– May be as little as a “hunch” or based on facts which do
not support reasonable suspicion.
LEVELS OF SUSPICION
o Reasonable Suspicion
 Based on specific articulable facts which, when taken
together with what one can reasonably infer from those
facts, would lead a reasonable officer to suspect that a
person “might be” or have been engaged in criminal
activity.
LEVELS OF SUSPICION
DEMEANOUR OF SUSPECT1
GAIT AND MANNER2
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF
BACKGROUND OR
CHARACTER
3
FACTORS USED TO
DETERMINE
REASONABLE
SUSPICION
Courts have recognized the
following as factors used to
determine if an officer had
reasonable suspicion.
IF THEY ARE CARRYING
ANYTHING AND WHAT IS IT4
MANNER OF DRESS
INCLUDING BULGES IN CLOTHING
WHEN CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF ALL
OTHER FACTORS
5
TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT
SUSPECT OBSERVED6
ANY OVERHEARD
CONVERSATIONS OF THE
SUSPECT
7
FACTORS USED TO
DETERMINE
REASONABLE
SUSPICION
Courts have recognized the
following as factors used to
determine if an officer had
reasonable suspicion. THE PARTICULAR
STREET AND AREAS
INVOLVED
8
ANY INFORMATION
RECEIVED FROM 3RD
PERSONS (KNOWN OR
UNKNOWN)
9
IS SUSPECT CONSORTING
WITH THOSE WHOSE
CONDUCT IS REASONABLY
SUSPECT?
10
PROXIMITY TO KNOWN
CRIMINAL CONDUCT
11
FACTORS USED TO
DETERMINE
REASONABLE
SUSPICION
Courts have recognized the
following as factors used to
determine if an officer had
reasonable suspicion.
INCIDENCE OF CRIME IN THE
IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD12
SUSPECTS APPARENT
EFFORTS TO CONCEAL AN
ARTICLE
13
APPARENT EFFORT OF THE
SUSPECT TO AVOID
IDENTIFICATION OR
CONFRONTATION BY THE
POLICE
14
FACTORS USED TO
DETERMINE
REASONABLE
SUSPICION
Courts have recognized the
following as factors used to
determine if an officer had
reasonable suspicion.
 Probable Cause
 Means evidence which would lead a reasonable person
to believe that an offense has been or is being committed
or that objects subject to seizure are in the place to be
searched.
LEVELS OF SUSPICION
EXCEPTIONS
Searches without a
warrant must fall in to one
of the recognized
exceptions to the warrant
requirement for the
search to be held valid.
Search Incident
to Arrest
Consent
Plain
View/Smell/Feel
Abandonment
Automobile
Exception
Inventory
Probation/Parole
Pat downs/
protective
sweeps/Terry
“search”
Exigent
Circumstances
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT
REQUIREMENT
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
There are essentially six scenarios that justify a warrantless entry into a residence:
RESCUE
DESTRUCTION OF
EVIDENCE
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
HOT PURSUIT
PUBLIC DANGER
PREVENT ESCAPE
14.3
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE
An officer who has reasonable cause to believe that premises or a vehicle contain:
(a) individuals in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm; or
(b) things imminently likely to burn, explode, or otherwise cause death, serious bodily
harm, or substantial destruction of property; or
(c) things subject to seizure which will cause or be used to cause death or serious bodily
harm if their seizure is delayed;
may, without a search warrant, enter and search such premises and vehicles, and the
persons therein, to the extent reasonably necessary for the prevention of such death,
bodily harm, or destruction.
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
 Requirements
 Immediate Action
 Exigent Circumstances
 Homicide Scene
 Limited Search
 Creation of exigent circumstances by police
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
 Factors to be considered:
1. The commission of grave offense
2. Belief that suspect is armed
3. A clear showing of probable cause to believe the suspect
committed the crime
4. Strong reason to believe the suspect is in the premises
being entered
5. Likelihood that the suspect will escape if not swiftly
apprehended
6. The danger of destruction of evidence
SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST
EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT
SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST
 Search incident to (custodial) arrest
– Incident to a lawful arrest, an officer may:
 Conduct a full search of the arrestee; and
 Articles in his possession; and
 The area within the arrestee’s immediate control.
FOR THE
PURPOSE OF
DISCOVERING
EVIDENCE
WEAPONS
MEANS OF ESCAPE
W E E
12.2
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
An officer making an arrest and the authorized officials at the police
station or other place of detention to which the accused is brought
may conduct a search of the accused's garments and personal
effects ready to hand, the surface of his body, and the area within his
immediate control.
12.2
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
– Permissible purposes.
 (a) to protect the officer, the accused, or others;
 (b) to prevent the escape of the accused;
 (c) to furnish appropriate custodial care if the accused is
jailed; or
 (d) to obtain evidence of the commission of the offense
for which the accused has been arrested or to seize
contraband, the fruits of crime, or other things criminally
possessed or used in conjunction with the offense.
SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST
ARIZONA v. GANT
(US Supreme Court 2009)
– Police may search the passenger compartment of a vehicle
incident to a recent occupant's arrest only if it is reasonable to
believe that the arrestee might access the vehicle at the time
of the search OR that the vehicle contains evidence of the
offense of arrest.
SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST
PRETEXTUAL
ARREST
Making a lawful arrest of a suspect because of your desire to search
their person, their car, or their belongings.
Legal?
SEARCH
& SEIZURE
Fourth Amendment protection — compared with protection
afforded by Arkansas Constitution.
“There are occasions and contexts in which federal Fourth
Amendment interpretation provides adequate protections
against unreasonable law enforcement conduct; however,
there are also occasions when the Arkansas Supreme
Court will provide more protection under the Arkansas
Constitution than that provided by the federal courts.”
SEARCH INCIDENT TO
ARREST “BUT FOR…”
TEST
STATE of Arkansas, Appellant v. Kenneth Andrew SULLIVAN,
Appellee No. CR 99-1140 Supreme Court of Arkansas
348 Ark. 647; 74 S.W.3d 215; 2002 Ark. LEXIS 295
Opinion Delivered May 16, 2002.
Would the arrest
have occurred “but
for” the officers
desire to search?
SEARCH
INCIDENT TO
ARREST
“BUT FOR…”
TEST
YES
The arrest is
NOT deemed
pretextual and
the search is
valid.
NO
The arrest is
deemed
pretextual and
the search is
invalid.
CONSENT
IF A PERSON CONSENTS TO A SEARCH, THERE ARE NO
FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS.
Consent searches are the most common form of warrantless searches. A
search warrant or probable cause is not necessary if consent is given by
someone with proper authority.
Citizens have a right granted by the fourth amendment to be free from
“unreasonable searches and seizures.”
They also have a right to voluntarily waive those protections.
CONSENT SEARCH
United States v Drayton (153 L Ed 2d 242 (2002) U.S. Supreme Court)
Officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment merely by approaching individuals in public
places and putting questions to individuals, if they are willing to listen.
Even when officers have no basis for suspecting a particular individual, they may pose
questions, ask for identification, and request to consent to search their person or property,
provided they do not induce cooperation by coercive means.
If a reasonable person would feel free to terminate the encounter, then he has not been
seized for purposes of the Fourth Amendment.
***Officers do not need to advise people of their right to refuse to cooperate.***
(with some exceptions we will discuss)
CONSENT SEARCH
EXCEPTION TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT
CONSENT SEARCH IS LAWFUL IF…
THERE IS VOLUNTARY
PERMISSION GIVEN TO
SEARCH (CONSENT NOT
COERCED)
1
GIVEN BY A PERSON
WITH REAL OR
APPARENT AUTHORITY
2
SEARCH CONFINED TO
THE SCOPE OF THE
CONSENT
3 RIGHT TO REVOKE
CONSENT4
CONSENT TO SEARCH?
What can people consent to have searched?
CARS1
DATA4
PERSON2
RESIDENCE
( KNOCK AND
TALK )
5
PROPERTY3
ANYTHING
WHERE THERE
EXISTS A
R.E.O.P.
6
11.1
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
(a) An officer may conduct searches and make
seizures without a search warrant or other color of
authority if consent is given to the search.
(b) The state has the burden of proving by clear
and positive evidence that consent to a search was
freely and voluntarily given and that there was no
actual or implied duress or coercion.
11.1
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
(c) A search of a dwelling based on consent shall not be
valid under this rule unless the person giving the
consent was advised of the right to refuse consent.
For purposes of this subsection, a "dwelling" means a
building or other structure where any person lives or
which is customarily used for overnight accommodation
of persons. Each unit of a structure divided into
separately occupied units is itself a dwelling.
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 11.2
PERSONS FROM WHOM EFFECTIVE CONSENT MAY BE
OBTAINED?
(a) search of an individual's person, by the individual in question or,
if the person is under fourteen (14) years of age, by both the
individual and his parent, guardian, or a person in loco parentis;
(b) search of a vehicle, by the person registered as its owner or in
apparent control of its operation or contents at the time consent is
given; and
(c) search of premises, by a person who, by ownership or
otherwise, is apparently entitled to give or withhold consent.
CONSENT RESIDENCE SEARCH
Roommates
Common Areas
Married
Couples
Kid’s Room
Rented Rooms
Out Buildings (area
of control or access)
Apartments
(management)
Hotel Rooms
(abandonment)
TRAFFIC
STOP
CONSENT
o Number of Officers present
o When consent obtained
o Weapons displayed?
o Passengers Belongings?
o Informed of right to refuse?
Things to consider
PLAIN
VIEW/SMELL
PLAIN
VIEW/SMELL
The plain view exception applies when:
The law enforcement officer did not violate the
Fourth Amendment in arriving at the place
where the evidence could be plainly viewed; &
The item is in plain
view
The incriminating character of the
evidence is immediately apparent.
PLAIN VIEW DURING EXIGENT
CIRCUMSTANCES
GET A WARRANT
BEFORE GOING BACK
I’ve never
seen that
before.
ABANDONMENT
Not my bag
over there!
These
aren’t my
pants.
I didn’t
drop that.
ABANDONMENT EXCEPTION
A person who voluntarily abandons his property no longer
retains any reasonable expectation of privacy in that property.
Clarify abandonment. Ask the person if the item is theirs. If they
deny ownership, and you saw them in possession, they have
voluntarily abandoned the item.
ABANDONMENT
TRASH
As long as the officer did not violate the curtilage to
recover the trash it is considered to be abandoned.
NO REASONABLE
EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY
IN TRASH THAT HAS BEEN
DISCARDED (ABANDONED)
OR PLACED AT THE CURB
FOR COLLECTION
Rickard v.
State, 354 Ark.
345 (2003)
VEHICLE
EXCEPTION
VEHICLE EXCEPTION
First established by S.C.O.T.U.S. in 1925
Carroll v United States 267 U.S. 132 (1925)
When officers have probable cause to believe that an automobile
contains contraband, the Fourth Amendment does not require
them to obtain a warrant prior to searching the car for and
seizing the contraband..
VEHICLE EXCEPTION
An officer may conduct a warrantless search of a mobile
conveyance if:
There is probable cause to search, and
The conveyance is mobile or readily mobile.
VEHICLE EXCEPTION
Rationale:
Lesser expectation of privacy
Mobility
Vehicles include:
Boats
Camper Trailers
Aircraft
Trains
Tractor Trailers
Motor Homes
14.1
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
(a) An officer who has reasonable cause to believe that a moving or readily
movable vehicle is or contains things subject to seizure may, without a
search warrant, stop, detain, and search the vehicle and may seize things
subject to seizure discovered in the course of the search where the vehicle
is:
(i) on a public way or waters or other area open to the public;
(ii) in a private area unlawfully entered by the vehicle; or
(iii) in a private area lawfully entered by the vehicle, provided that exigent
circumstances require immediate detention, search, and seizure to prevent
destruction or removal of the things subject to seizure.
14.1
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
(b) If the officer does not find the things subject to seizure by his search of
the vehicle, and if:
(i) the things subject to seizure are of such a size and nature that they could
be concealed on the person; and
(ii) the officer has reason to suspect that one (1) or more of the occupants of
the vehicle may have the things subject to seizure so concealed;
the officer may search the suspected occupants; provided that this
subsection shall not apply to individuals traveling as passengers in a vehicle
operating as a common carrier.
SCOPE OF PC SEARCH VEHICLE EXCEPTION
The scope of the search is limited to only what area the
officer has probable cause to search. This area can
encompass the entire vehicle including the trunk. The
motor vehicle exception in addition to allowing officers to
search the vehicle also allows officers to search any
containers found inside the vehicle that could contain the
evidence or contraband being searched for.
VEHICLE
EXCEPTION
AND THE
POLICE K9
K9
SNIFF
K9 Sniff is NOT a SEARCH by the
meaning of the 4th Amendment. Because
there is “no reasonable expectation of
privacy to the air surrounding ones
vehicle.”
An alert by a trained, certified, and reliable K9 provides probable cause (probable cause
allows a search under the vehicle exception)
K9 SNIFF
TIMING IS
EVERYTHING
No reasonable
suspicion is required
to conduct a K9 sniff
of a vehicle during the
“normal business” of
the stop.
After “normal business” has
been completed reasonable
suspicion is required to extend
the detention (SEIZURE) of the
motorist for the purpose of
conducting a K9 sniff.
INVENTORY
ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTION
INVENTORY TO PROTECT PROPERTY
Inventory procedures are constitutional under the Fourth
Amendment because they serve to protect an owner’s
property while it is in the custody of the police, to insure
against claims of lost, stolen or vandalized property, and to
guard the police from danger.
An inventory search is valid if:
 A lawful basis for taking custody of the property exists;
 The inventory is conducted in accordance with
standardized criteria limited to the purposes for inventory
searches.
INVENTORY TO PROTECT PROPERTY
Ark. Rule of Crim. Pro. 12.6
Department Policies
Search of Containers
PROBATION
PAROLE /
SEARCH
EXCEPTION
UNITED
STATES V
KNIGHTS
534 U. S.
112 (2001)
U. S.
SUPREME
COURT
You may conduct a
warrantless search of
a person, his
property, residence,
vehicle and personal
effects, supported by
reasonable suspicion
and authorized by a
probation condition.
BORDER
SEARCH
Automotive travelers may be stopped at fixed checkpoints near the
border without individualized suspicion, even if the stop is based
largely on ethnicity, and boats on inland waters with ready access to
the sea may be hailed and boarded with no suspicion whatsoever.
Routine searches of persons
and effects of entrants are
not subject to any
requirement of reasonable
suspicion, probable cause or
warrant.
PROTECTIVE
SWEEP
PROTECTIVE SWEEP
In the course of
conducting a lawful
search or arrest within
a building, officers may
make a quick
“protective sweep” of
the premises if: There is R/S
based on
articulable facts
that others are on
the premises who
may be a threat;.
REASONABLE
SUSPICION
The sweep is
limited to areas,
locations, and
places where a
person could be,
and…
LIMITED
SCOPE
The sweep is not
a pretext to
search for
evidence.
NOT A
PRETEXT
TERRY
SEARCH
INVESTIGATIVE
DETENTION
TERRY SEARCH
Police may stop/detain a person based upon reasonable
suspicion that a crime
has been, is being, or is about to be committed
and conduct a frisk of the
outer clothing for the purpose of discovering dangerous
weapons.
3.4
ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
If a law enforcement officer who has detained a person
under Rule 3.1 reasonably suspects that the person is
armed and presently dangerous to the officer or others, the
officer or someone designated by him may search the outer
clothing of such person and the immediate surroundings
for, and seize, any weapon or other dangerous thing which
may be used against the officer or others.
In no event shall this search be more extensive than is
reasonably necessary to ensure the safety of the officer or
others.
TERRY SEARCH (PAT DOWN)
Two requirements:
Lawful contact
Reasonable suspicion
Limitations:
Pat down of outer clothing only
Search only for weapons, not for evidence of
crimes
PLAIN FEEL
You can only remove items such as
contraband in a Terry Search if it is
“readily apparent”
You cannot manipulate an item to discover
what it is.
FRISKS:
TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE
Are there articulable facts
demonstrating objectively reasonable
suspicion that person is presently armed
with a potential weapon?
YES or NO?
FRISKS:
TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE
YES
Conduct a protective
frisk strictly limited to
that necessary to
discover weapons.
NO
No frisk permissible
FRISKS:
TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE
Does the officer reasonably believe that item
detected during frisk could be a weapon?
YES or NO?
FRISKS:
TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE
YES
Remove object
NO
Continued
searching not
authorized
FRISKS:
TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE
During frisk, does officer see/feel an object
that is immediately recognized as evidence?
YES or NO?
FRISKS:
TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE
YES
Remove object
NO
Continued
searching not
authorized
WINGSPAN SEARCH:
TERRY SEARCH OF AUTO
Michigan v. Long 392 U.S. 1032 (1983)
“…the search of the passenger compartment of an
automobile, limited to those areas in which a weapon
may be placed or hidden, is permissible if the police
officer possesses a reasonable belief that the suspect
is dangerous and the suspect may gain immediate
control of weapons.
WINGSPAN SEARCH: TERRY SEARCH OF AUTO
The court gave 3 reasons for its holding…
THE SUSPECT MAY
CONCEIVABLY
BREAK AWAY
FROM POLICE
CONTROL AND
RETRIEVE A
WEAPON.
IF THE SUSPECT IS NOT
PLACED UNDER ARREST,
HE WILL EVENTUALLY BE
PERMITTED TO REENTER
HIS CAR WHERE HE WILL
THEN HAVE ACCESS TO
ANY WEAPONS THAT MAY
BE INSIDE AND
EVEN DURING THE
COURSE OF THE
DETENTION, THE
SUSPECT MAY BE
ALLOWED TO REENTER
THE CAR BEFORE THE
INVESTIGATIVE
DETENTION IS
CONCLUDED.
IMPORTANT CASES
Whren v United States
517 U.S. 806, 135 L. Ed. 2d 89 (1996)
A traffic stop was permissible – regardless of
whether a police officer subjectively believed that the
occupants of an automobile might be engaging in
some other illegal behavior – as long as a reasonable
officer in the same circumstances “could have”
stopped the car for the suspected traffic violation.
IMPORTANT CASES
Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
Fifth amendment / Self Incrimination
When is Miranda warning required.
QUESTIONS? CAN THE POLICE…
Can police order the driver of a
lawfully stopped car out of the vehicle
during a traffic stop?
IMPORTANT CASES
Pennsylvania v. Mimms
434 U.S., at 111, n. 6.
In Mimms, the Court held that “once a motor vehicle
has been lawfully detained for a traffic violation, the
police officers may order the driver to get out of the
vehicle without violating the Fourth Amendment’s
proscription of unreasonable searches and seizures.”
QUESTIONS? CAN THE POLICE…
Can police order the passenger of a
lawfully stopped car out of the vehicle
during a traffic stop?
IMPORTANT CASES
Maryland v. Wilson
519 U.S. at 415
Wilson held that the Mimms rule applied to
passengers as well as to drivers. Specifically, the
Court instructed that “an officer making a traffic stop
may order passengers to get out of the car pending
completion of the stop.”
QUESTIONS? CAN THE POLICE…
Can police request identification from
a passenger in a lawfully stopped
vehicle?
QUESTIONS? CAN THE POLICE…
Can you compel a passenger in a
lawfully stopped vehicle to provide
identification?
If yes, when?
If no, what are your options?
DISCUSSIONS / QUESTIONS

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Introduction to 4th search and seizure Arkansas

  • 1. SEARCH AND SEIZURE Introduction to the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution
  • 2. THE FOURTH AMENDMENT “The 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.”
  • 3. THREE KEY WORDS 4th AMENDMENT The Founding Fathers did not convey a definition of these three words though—the Courts have been forced to define them and give us guidance. UNREASONABLE SEARCH SEIZURE
  • 4. WHICH COURT GIVES US GUIDANCE? Court Structure CIRCUIT COURT ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT Arkansas Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota 8TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
  • 5. SEARCH AND SEIZURE DEFINED Actions that evoke a 4th Amendment claim must involve the “Government”. Private party actions do not apply to 4th Amendment. Government interference with freedom of movement (by means of physical force or show of authority). Reasonable belief not free to terminate the encounter at will. SEIZURE Government intrusion upon a reasonable expectation of privacy. SEARCH
  • 6.  A seizure occurs when a person submits to the commands of an officer OR  One acting under the color of law OR  Is restrained by physical force, however slight, which facilitated submission. HORTON v. CALIFORNIA 496 U.S. 128 (1990)
  • 7. “What a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his home, is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection. But what he seeks to preserve as private, even in an area accessible to the public may be constitutionally protected.” KATZ V. UNITED STATES 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
  • 8. “The fourth amendment protects reasonable expectations of privacy rather than simply places. If the inspection by police does not intrude upon a reasonable expectation of privacy, there is no search subject to the warrant clause.” REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY
  • 9. EXCLUSIONARY RULE If evidence is seized or discovered in a way that violates the Fourth Amendment (that is to say in a way that is unreasonable and/or without probable cause) then the exclusionary rule provides that such evidence may be suppressed and cannot be used against the accused.
  • 10. “The exclusionary prohibition extends as well to the indirect as the direct products of such invasions” (Wong Sun v. Unites States {1963}) ALL EVIDENCE FROM SAME ORIGIN “Under the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine, all evidence derived from the exploitation of an illegal search or seizure must be suppressed” SUPPRESSED AND UNABLE TO BE USED AGAINST DEFENDANT FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE Remedy for searches that are deemed to violate 4th Amendment protections.
  • 11. WARRANT REQUIREMENT The amendment does not mandate a warrant for all searches and seizures, the underlying premise is that if the officer has time a warrant should be secured. The general rule, of course, is that a search or seizure without a warrant is presumed to be unreasonable and therefore unlawful.
  • 12. WARRANT REQUIREMENT Warrants issued by a judge are presumed reasonable. The burden of proof falls on the defense to prove a search warrant signed by a judge was unreasonable. The warrant must be issued by a disinterested magistrate. The magistrate must find probable cause to believe that the place to be searched contains items connected with criminal activity.
  • 13. WARRANT REQUIREMENT PARTICULARITY The warrant must describe the person or the place to be searched and the items to be seized with particularity. “the requirement that warrants shall particularly describe the things to be seized prevents the seizure of one thing under a warrant describing another. As to what is to be taken, nothing is left to the discretion of the officer executing the warrant” (Marron v. United States)
  • 14. Probable cause is supplied by evidence which would lead a reasonable person to believe that an offense has been or is being committed or that the items to which a search warrant is directed are located in the area described. WARRANT REQUIREMENT PROBABLE CAUSE:
  • 15. Staleness: An affidavit for a search warrant must present timely information, and the warrant must be promptly executed. WARRANT REQUIREMENT STALENESS:
  • 16. Daytime 0600-2000 (95% of warrants will fall in this category) Nighttime 2000-0600 Destruction of evidence supporting facts…dead end road, video surveillance, dogs, lookouts, barricades, etc.. WARRANT REQUIREMENT Normal hours of service
  • 17. Knock and announce 20 second rule No Knock Officer Safety supporting facts…known presence of weapons, violent criminal history, knowledge of any threats towards police. WARRANT REQUIREMENT Type of Service
  • 18. The courts have recognized that unique circumstances may render a warrantless search nonetheless reasonable so long as the search falls within one of the established “exceptions to the warrant requirement”. The burden of proof rests on the government to prove the search was reasonable. WARRANT REQUIREMENT
  • 19. No Suspicion Some or Mere Suspicion Reasonable Suspicion R/S Probable Cause P/C Reasonable Certainty Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt LEVELS OF SUSPICION
  • 20.  Some or Mere Suspicion – The lowest level of suspicion. A subjective suspicion on the part of an officer, i.e. a suspicion in his mind and need not be based on any objectively articulable facts. – May be as little as a “hunch” or based on facts which do not support reasonable suspicion. LEVELS OF SUSPICION
  • 21. o Reasonable Suspicion  Based on specific articulable facts which, when taken together with what one can reasonably infer from those facts, would lead a reasonable officer to suspect that a person “might be” or have been engaged in criminal activity. LEVELS OF SUSPICION
  • 22. DEMEANOUR OF SUSPECT1 GAIT AND MANNER2 PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF BACKGROUND OR CHARACTER 3 FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE REASONABLE SUSPICION Courts have recognized the following as factors used to determine if an officer had reasonable suspicion. IF THEY ARE CARRYING ANYTHING AND WHAT IS IT4
  • 23. MANNER OF DRESS INCLUDING BULGES IN CLOTHING WHEN CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF ALL OTHER FACTORS 5 TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT SUSPECT OBSERVED6 ANY OVERHEARD CONVERSATIONS OF THE SUSPECT 7 FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE REASONABLE SUSPICION Courts have recognized the following as factors used to determine if an officer had reasonable suspicion. THE PARTICULAR STREET AND AREAS INVOLVED 8
  • 24. ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM 3RD PERSONS (KNOWN OR UNKNOWN) 9 IS SUSPECT CONSORTING WITH THOSE WHOSE CONDUCT IS REASONABLY SUSPECT? 10 PROXIMITY TO KNOWN CRIMINAL CONDUCT 11 FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE REASONABLE SUSPICION Courts have recognized the following as factors used to determine if an officer had reasonable suspicion. INCIDENCE OF CRIME IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD12
  • 25. SUSPECTS APPARENT EFFORTS TO CONCEAL AN ARTICLE 13 APPARENT EFFORT OF THE SUSPECT TO AVOID IDENTIFICATION OR CONFRONTATION BY THE POLICE 14 FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE REASONABLE SUSPICION Courts have recognized the following as factors used to determine if an officer had reasonable suspicion.
  • 26.  Probable Cause  Means evidence which would lead a reasonable person to believe that an offense has been or is being committed or that objects subject to seizure are in the place to be searched. LEVELS OF SUSPICION
  • 27. EXCEPTIONS Searches without a warrant must fall in to one of the recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement for the search to be held valid.
  • 29. EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT
  • 30. EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES There are essentially six scenarios that justify a warrantless entry into a residence: RESCUE DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE PROPERTY DAMAGE HOT PURSUIT PUBLIC DANGER PREVENT ESCAPE
  • 31. 14.3 ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE An officer who has reasonable cause to believe that premises or a vehicle contain: (a) individuals in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm; or (b) things imminently likely to burn, explode, or otherwise cause death, serious bodily harm, or substantial destruction of property; or (c) things subject to seizure which will cause or be used to cause death or serious bodily harm if their seizure is delayed; may, without a search warrant, enter and search such premises and vehicles, and the persons therein, to the extent reasonably necessary for the prevention of such death, bodily harm, or destruction.
  • 32. EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES  Requirements  Immediate Action  Exigent Circumstances  Homicide Scene  Limited Search  Creation of exigent circumstances by police
  • 33. EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES  Factors to be considered: 1. The commission of grave offense 2. Belief that suspect is armed 3. A clear showing of probable cause to believe the suspect committed the crime 4. Strong reason to believe the suspect is in the premises being entered 5. Likelihood that the suspect will escape if not swiftly apprehended 6. The danger of destruction of evidence
  • 34. SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT
  • 35. SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST  Search incident to (custodial) arrest – Incident to a lawful arrest, an officer may:  Conduct a full search of the arrestee; and  Articles in his possession; and  The area within the arrestee’s immediate control.
  • 37. 12.2 ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE An officer making an arrest and the authorized officials at the police station or other place of detention to which the accused is brought may conduct a search of the accused's garments and personal effects ready to hand, the surface of his body, and the area within his immediate control.
  • 38. 12.2 ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Permissible purposes.  (a) to protect the officer, the accused, or others;  (b) to prevent the escape of the accused;  (c) to furnish appropriate custodial care if the accused is jailed; or  (d) to obtain evidence of the commission of the offense for which the accused has been arrested or to seize contraband, the fruits of crime, or other things criminally possessed or used in conjunction with the offense.
  • 39. SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST ARIZONA v. GANT (US Supreme Court 2009) – Police may search the passenger compartment of a vehicle incident to a recent occupant's arrest only if it is reasonable to believe that the arrestee might access the vehicle at the time of the search OR that the vehicle contains evidence of the offense of arrest.
  • 40. SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST PRETEXTUAL ARREST Making a lawful arrest of a suspect because of your desire to search their person, their car, or their belongings. Legal?
  • 41. SEARCH & SEIZURE Fourth Amendment protection — compared with protection afforded by Arkansas Constitution. “There are occasions and contexts in which federal Fourth Amendment interpretation provides adequate protections against unreasonable law enforcement conduct; however, there are also occasions when the Arkansas Supreme Court will provide more protection under the Arkansas Constitution than that provided by the federal courts.”
  • 42. SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST “BUT FOR…” TEST STATE of Arkansas, Appellant v. Kenneth Andrew SULLIVAN, Appellee No. CR 99-1140 Supreme Court of Arkansas 348 Ark. 647; 74 S.W.3d 215; 2002 Ark. LEXIS 295 Opinion Delivered May 16, 2002. Would the arrest have occurred “but for” the officers desire to search?
  • 43. SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST “BUT FOR…” TEST YES The arrest is NOT deemed pretextual and the search is valid. NO The arrest is deemed pretextual and the search is invalid.
  • 45. IF A PERSON CONSENTS TO A SEARCH, THERE ARE NO FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS. Consent searches are the most common form of warrantless searches. A search warrant or probable cause is not necessary if consent is given by someone with proper authority. Citizens have a right granted by the fourth amendment to be free from “unreasonable searches and seizures.” They also have a right to voluntarily waive those protections. CONSENT SEARCH
  • 46. United States v Drayton (153 L Ed 2d 242 (2002) U.S. Supreme Court) Officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment merely by approaching individuals in public places and putting questions to individuals, if they are willing to listen. Even when officers have no basis for suspecting a particular individual, they may pose questions, ask for identification, and request to consent to search their person or property, provided they do not induce cooperation by coercive means. If a reasonable person would feel free to terminate the encounter, then he has not been seized for purposes of the Fourth Amendment. ***Officers do not need to advise people of their right to refuse to cooperate.*** (with some exceptions we will discuss) CONSENT SEARCH
  • 47. EXCEPTION TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT CONSENT SEARCH IS LAWFUL IF… THERE IS VOLUNTARY PERMISSION GIVEN TO SEARCH (CONSENT NOT COERCED) 1 GIVEN BY A PERSON WITH REAL OR APPARENT AUTHORITY 2 SEARCH CONFINED TO THE SCOPE OF THE CONSENT 3 RIGHT TO REVOKE CONSENT4
  • 48. CONSENT TO SEARCH? What can people consent to have searched? CARS1 DATA4 PERSON2 RESIDENCE ( KNOCK AND TALK ) 5 PROPERTY3 ANYTHING WHERE THERE EXISTS A R.E.O.P. 6
  • 49. 11.1 ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (a) An officer may conduct searches and make seizures without a search warrant or other color of authority if consent is given to the search. (b) The state has the burden of proving by clear and positive evidence that consent to a search was freely and voluntarily given and that there was no actual or implied duress or coercion.
  • 50. 11.1 ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (c) A search of a dwelling based on consent shall not be valid under this rule unless the person giving the consent was advised of the right to refuse consent. For purposes of this subsection, a "dwelling" means a building or other structure where any person lives or which is customarily used for overnight accommodation of persons. Each unit of a structure divided into separately occupied units is itself a dwelling.
  • 51. ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 11.2 PERSONS FROM WHOM EFFECTIVE CONSENT MAY BE OBTAINED? (a) search of an individual's person, by the individual in question or, if the person is under fourteen (14) years of age, by both the individual and his parent, guardian, or a person in loco parentis; (b) search of a vehicle, by the person registered as its owner or in apparent control of its operation or contents at the time consent is given; and (c) search of premises, by a person who, by ownership or otherwise, is apparently entitled to give or withhold consent.
  • 52. CONSENT RESIDENCE SEARCH Roommates Common Areas Married Couples Kid’s Room Rented Rooms Out Buildings (area of control or access) Apartments (management) Hotel Rooms (abandonment)
  • 53. TRAFFIC STOP CONSENT o Number of Officers present o When consent obtained o Weapons displayed? o Passengers Belongings? o Informed of right to refuse? Things to consider
  • 55. PLAIN VIEW/SMELL The plain view exception applies when: The law enforcement officer did not violate the Fourth Amendment in arriving at the place where the evidence could be plainly viewed; & The item is in plain view The incriminating character of the evidence is immediately apparent.
  • 56. PLAIN VIEW DURING EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES GET A WARRANT BEFORE GOING BACK
  • 57. I’ve never seen that before. ABANDONMENT Not my bag over there! These aren’t my pants. I didn’t drop that.
  • 58. ABANDONMENT EXCEPTION A person who voluntarily abandons his property no longer retains any reasonable expectation of privacy in that property. Clarify abandonment. Ask the person if the item is theirs. If they deny ownership, and you saw them in possession, they have voluntarily abandoned the item.
  • 59. ABANDONMENT TRASH As long as the officer did not violate the curtilage to recover the trash it is considered to be abandoned. NO REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN TRASH THAT HAS BEEN DISCARDED (ABANDONED) OR PLACED AT THE CURB FOR COLLECTION Rickard v. State, 354 Ark. 345 (2003)
  • 61. VEHICLE EXCEPTION First established by S.C.O.T.U.S. in 1925 Carroll v United States 267 U.S. 132 (1925) When officers have probable cause to believe that an automobile contains contraband, the Fourth Amendment does not require them to obtain a warrant prior to searching the car for and seizing the contraband..
  • 62. VEHICLE EXCEPTION An officer may conduct a warrantless search of a mobile conveyance if: There is probable cause to search, and The conveyance is mobile or readily mobile.
  • 63. VEHICLE EXCEPTION Rationale: Lesser expectation of privacy Mobility Vehicles include: Boats Camper Trailers Aircraft Trains Tractor Trailers Motor Homes
  • 64. 14.1 ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (a) An officer who has reasonable cause to believe that a moving or readily movable vehicle is or contains things subject to seizure may, without a search warrant, stop, detain, and search the vehicle and may seize things subject to seizure discovered in the course of the search where the vehicle is: (i) on a public way or waters or other area open to the public; (ii) in a private area unlawfully entered by the vehicle; or (iii) in a private area lawfully entered by the vehicle, provided that exigent circumstances require immediate detention, search, and seizure to prevent destruction or removal of the things subject to seizure.
  • 65. 14.1 ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (b) If the officer does not find the things subject to seizure by his search of the vehicle, and if: (i) the things subject to seizure are of such a size and nature that they could be concealed on the person; and (ii) the officer has reason to suspect that one (1) or more of the occupants of the vehicle may have the things subject to seizure so concealed; the officer may search the suspected occupants; provided that this subsection shall not apply to individuals traveling as passengers in a vehicle operating as a common carrier.
  • 66. SCOPE OF PC SEARCH VEHICLE EXCEPTION The scope of the search is limited to only what area the officer has probable cause to search. This area can encompass the entire vehicle including the trunk. The motor vehicle exception in addition to allowing officers to search the vehicle also allows officers to search any containers found inside the vehicle that could contain the evidence or contraband being searched for.
  • 68. K9 SNIFF K9 Sniff is NOT a SEARCH by the meaning of the 4th Amendment. Because there is “no reasonable expectation of privacy to the air surrounding ones vehicle.” An alert by a trained, certified, and reliable K9 provides probable cause (probable cause allows a search under the vehicle exception)
  • 69. K9 SNIFF TIMING IS EVERYTHING No reasonable suspicion is required to conduct a K9 sniff of a vehicle during the “normal business” of the stop. After “normal business” has been completed reasonable suspicion is required to extend the detention (SEIZURE) of the motorist for the purpose of conducting a K9 sniff.
  • 71. INVENTORY TO PROTECT PROPERTY Inventory procedures are constitutional under the Fourth Amendment because they serve to protect an owner’s property while it is in the custody of the police, to insure against claims of lost, stolen or vandalized property, and to guard the police from danger. An inventory search is valid if:  A lawful basis for taking custody of the property exists;  The inventory is conducted in accordance with standardized criteria limited to the purposes for inventory searches.
  • 72. INVENTORY TO PROTECT PROPERTY Ark. Rule of Crim. Pro. 12.6 Department Policies Search of Containers
  • 73. PROBATION PAROLE / SEARCH EXCEPTION UNITED STATES V KNIGHTS 534 U. S. 112 (2001) U. S. SUPREME COURT You may conduct a warrantless search of a person, his property, residence, vehicle and personal effects, supported by reasonable suspicion and authorized by a probation condition.
  • 74. BORDER SEARCH Automotive travelers may be stopped at fixed checkpoints near the border without individualized suspicion, even if the stop is based largely on ethnicity, and boats on inland waters with ready access to the sea may be hailed and boarded with no suspicion whatsoever. Routine searches of persons and effects of entrants are not subject to any requirement of reasonable suspicion, probable cause or warrant.
  • 76. PROTECTIVE SWEEP In the course of conducting a lawful search or arrest within a building, officers may make a quick “protective sweep” of the premises if: There is R/S based on articulable facts that others are on the premises who may be a threat;. REASONABLE SUSPICION The sweep is limited to areas, locations, and places where a person could be, and… LIMITED SCOPE The sweep is not a pretext to search for evidence. NOT A PRETEXT
  • 78. TERRY SEARCH Police may stop/detain a person based upon reasonable suspicion that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed and conduct a frisk of the outer clothing for the purpose of discovering dangerous weapons.
  • 79. 3.4 ARKANSAS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE If a law enforcement officer who has detained a person under Rule 3.1 reasonably suspects that the person is armed and presently dangerous to the officer or others, the officer or someone designated by him may search the outer clothing of such person and the immediate surroundings for, and seize, any weapon or other dangerous thing which may be used against the officer or others. In no event shall this search be more extensive than is reasonably necessary to ensure the safety of the officer or others.
  • 80. TERRY SEARCH (PAT DOWN) Two requirements: Lawful contact Reasonable suspicion Limitations: Pat down of outer clothing only Search only for weapons, not for evidence of crimes
  • 81. PLAIN FEEL You can only remove items such as contraband in a Terry Search if it is “readily apparent” You cannot manipulate an item to discover what it is.
  • 82. FRISKS: TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE Are there articulable facts demonstrating objectively reasonable suspicion that person is presently armed with a potential weapon? YES or NO?
  • 83. FRISKS: TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE YES Conduct a protective frisk strictly limited to that necessary to discover weapons. NO No frisk permissible
  • 84. FRISKS: TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE Does the officer reasonably believe that item detected during frisk could be a weapon? YES or NO?
  • 85. FRISKS: TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE YES Remove object NO Continued searching not authorized
  • 86. FRISKS: TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE During frisk, does officer see/feel an object that is immediately recognized as evidence? YES or NO?
  • 87. FRISKS: TO SEIZE OR NOT TO SEIZE YES Remove object NO Continued searching not authorized
  • 88. WINGSPAN SEARCH: TERRY SEARCH OF AUTO Michigan v. Long 392 U.S. 1032 (1983) “…the search of the passenger compartment of an automobile, limited to those areas in which a weapon may be placed or hidden, is permissible if the police officer possesses a reasonable belief that the suspect is dangerous and the suspect may gain immediate control of weapons.
  • 89. WINGSPAN SEARCH: TERRY SEARCH OF AUTO The court gave 3 reasons for its holding… THE SUSPECT MAY CONCEIVABLY BREAK AWAY FROM POLICE CONTROL AND RETRIEVE A WEAPON. IF THE SUSPECT IS NOT PLACED UNDER ARREST, HE WILL EVENTUALLY BE PERMITTED TO REENTER HIS CAR WHERE HE WILL THEN HAVE ACCESS TO ANY WEAPONS THAT MAY BE INSIDE AND EVEN DURING THE COURSE OF THE DETENTION, THE SUSPECT MAY BE ALLOWED TO REENTER THE CAR BEFORE THE INVESTIGATIVE DETENTION IS CONCLUDED.
  • 90. IMPORTANT CASES Whren v United States 517 U.S. 806, 135 L. Ed. 2d 89 (1996) A traffic stop was permissible – regardless of whether a police officer subjectively believed that the occupants of an automobile might be engaging in some other illegal behavior – as long as a reasonable officer in the same circumstances “could have” stopped the car for the suspected traffic violation.
  • 91. IMPORTANT CASES Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 (1966) Fifth amendment / Self Incrimination When is Miranda warning required.
  • 92. QUESTIONS? CAN THE POLICE… Can police order the driver of a lawfully stopped car out of the vehicle during a traffic stop?
  • 93. IMPORTANT CASES Pennsylvania v. Mimms 434 U.S., at 111, n. 6. In Mimms, the Court held that “once a motor vehicle has been lawfully detained for a traffic violation, the police officers may order the driver to get out of the vehicle without violating the Fourth Amendment’s proscription of unreasonable searches and seizures.”
  • 94. QUESTIONS? CAN THE POLICE… Can police order the passenger of a lawfully stopped car out of the vehicle during a traffic stop?
  • 95. IMPORTANT CASES Maryland v. Wilson 519 U.S. at 415 Wilson held that the Mimms rule applied to passengers as well as to drivers. Specifically, the Court instructed that “an officer making a traffic stop may order passengers to get out of the car pending completion of the stop.”
  • 96. QUESTIONS? CAN THE POLICE… Can police request identification from a passenger in a lawfully stopped vehicle?
  • 97. QUESTIONS? CAN THE POLICE… Can you compel a passenger in a lawfully stopped vehicle to provide identification? If yes, when? If no, what are your options?

Hinweis der Redaktion

  1. The precise meaning of "probable cause" is somewhat uncertain. Most academic debates over the years have centered around the differences between "more probable than not" and "substantial possibility". The former involves the elements of certainty and technical knowledge. The latter involves the elements of fairness and common sense. There's more adherents of the latter approach, but how do you define common sense. Supreme Court case law has indicated that rumor, mere suspicion, and even "strong reason to suspect" are not equivalent to probable cause. Over the years, at least three definitions have emerged as the best statements: Probable cause is where known facts and circumstances, of a reasonably trustworthy nature, are sufficient to justify a man of reasonable caution or prudence in the belief that a crime has been or is being committed. (reasonable man definition; common textbook definition; comes from Draper v. U.S. 1959) Probable cause is what would lead a person of reasonable caution to believe that something connected with a crime is on the premises of a person or on persons themselves. (sometimes called the nexus definition; nexus is the connection between PC, the person's participation, and elements of criminal activity; determining nexus is the job of a judicial official, and it's almost always required in cases of search warrants, not arrest warrants) Probable cause is the sum total of layers of information and synthesis of what police have heard, know, or observe as trained officers. (comes from Smith v. U.S. 1949 establishing the experienced police officer standard)
  2. A) There are essentially six scenarios that justify warrantless entry into a residence: • Rescue: Rescue of someone in imminent threat of death or serious injury. • Property damage: There must be an imminent threat of substantial property damage. • Public danger: Includes dangerous hazards or instrumentalities. • Destruction of evidence: Prior to entry, officers must have probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime is on the premises and the officers are aware of specific facts which reasonably indicate the someone on the premises would destroy or remove the evidence prior to warrant issuance. United States v Miravalles (280 F. 3d 1328 (2002) Eleventh Circuit Exigent circumstances justifying a warrantless entry into a place of residence under the Fourth Amendment exist where facts would lead a reasonable officer to believe that evidence of a crime is in danger of imminent destruction. • Hot Pursuit: Continuing pursuit of a dangerous suspect in a serious offence. • Prevent escape: An individual fleeing from lawful police custody may be apprehended.
  3. 2) SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST: A) Chimel v California (395 U.S. 752 (1969) U. S. Supreme Court You may search the arrestee’s person and also the areas within his immediate control. B) Rawlings v Kentucky (448 U.S. 98 (1980) U. S. Supreme Court A search of an arrestee is legal as a search incident to arrest, despite the fact that the challenged search slightly preceded the arrest. The officers had probable cause to arrest the suspect. During the search incident to arrest, the officers found contraband. It is not important that the search preceded the arrest rather than vice versa. C) United States v Banshee (91 F. 3d 99 (1996) Eleventh Circuit Warrantless search of a vehicle passenger following traffic stop could be justified as search incident to arrest, even though passenger was not actually under arrest at the time of the search. Bulge in passenger’s midsection coupled with inconsistent statements given to officer, provided officer with sufficient grounds to conclude that passenger was committing a crime. The fact that passenger was not under arrest at the time of search did not render search incident to arrest doctrine inapplicable. If there is probable cause for arrest before the search, and contraband is located during the search, and the arrest immediately follows the search, the fact that the suspect was not under arrest at the time of the search does not make the search incident to arrest inapplicable. D) United States v Goddard (312 F. 3d 1360 (2002) Eleventh Circuit Officer’s decision to conduct Terry frisk for weapons did not preclude him from thereafter searching defendant for weapons and drugs, as incident to his lawful arrest based upon probable cause. Since the arrest of a suspect based upon probable cause is a reasonable intrusion under the Fourth Amendment, search incident to arrest requires no additional justification.
  4. 2) SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST: A) Chimel v California (395 U.S. 752 (1969) U. S. Supreme Court You may search the arrestee’s person and also the areas within his immediate control. B) Rawlings v Kentucky (448 U.S. 98 (1980) U. S. Supreme Court A search of an arrestee is legal as a search incident to arrest, despite the fact that the challenged search slightly preceded the arrest. The officers had probable cause to arrest the suspect. During the search incident to arrest, the officers found contraband. It is not important that the search preceded the arrest rather than vice versa. C) United States v Banshee (91 F. 3d 99 (1996) Eleventh Circuit Warrantless search of a vehicle passenger following traffic stop could be justified as search incident to arrest, even though passenger was not actually under arrest at the time of the search. Bulge in passenger’s midsection coupled with inconsistent statements given to officer, provided officer with sufficient grounds to conclude that passenger was committing a crime. The fact that passenger was not under arrest at the time of search did not render search incident to arrest doctrine inapplicable. If there is probable cause for arrest before the search, and contraband is located during the search, and the arrest immediately follows the search, the fact that the suspect was not under arrest at the time of the search does not make the search incident to arrest inapplicable. D) United States v Goddard (312 F. 3d 1360 (2002) Eleventh Circuit Officer’s decision to conduct Terry frisk for weapons did not preclude him from thereafter searching defendant for weapons and drugs, as incident to his lawful arrest based upon probable cause. Since the arrest of a suspect based upon probable cause is a reasonable intrusion under the Fourth Amendment, search incident to arrest requires no additional justification.
  5. 1) CONSENT: A) The person must be free to leave. If previously detained, all items (paperwork, etc.) must be returned to him. Florida v Royer (460 U.S. 491 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court A suspect’s consent to the search of his suitcases is tainted by an illegal detention and is ineffective to justify the search, where the suspect was approached by detectives who asked for the suspect’s airline ticket and driver’s license, where the detectives, without returning the ticket and license, asked the suspect to accompany them to a room. Florida v Bostick (501 U.S. 429 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Police officer’s request that bus passenger consent to search of luggage, was not a seizure under the Fourth Amendment. The appropriate inquiry in such situation is whether a reasonable person would feel free to decline officer’s request or otherwise terminate the encounter. B) Consent must be voluntary. C) Consent must be obtained from a person with authority to give that consent. D) United States v Drayton (153 L Ed 2d 242 (2002) U.S. Supreme Court Officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment merely by approaching individuals in public places and putting questions to individuals, if they are willing to listen. Even when officers have no basis for suspecting a particular individual, they may pose questions, ask for identification, and request to consent to search their person or property, provided they do not induce cooperation by coercive means. If a reasonable person would feel free to terminate the encounter, then he has not been seized for purposes of the Fourth Amendment. Officers do not need to advise people of their right to refuse to cooperate.
  6. 1) CONSENT: A) The person must be free to leave. If previously detained, all items (paperwork, etc.) must be returned to him. Florida v Royer (460 U.S. 491 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court A suspect’s consent to the search of his suitcases is tainted by an illegal detention and is ineffective to justify the search, where the suspect was approached by detectives who asked for the suspect’s airline ticket and driver’s license, where the detectives, without returning the ticket and license, asked the suspect to accompany them to a room. Florida v Bostick (501 U.S. 429 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Police officer’s request that bus passenger consent to search of luggage, was not a seizure under the Fourth Amendment. The appropriate inquiry in such situation is whether a reasonable person would feel free to decline officer’s request or otherwise terminate the encounter. B) Consent must be voluntary. C) Consent must be obtained from a person with authority to give that consent. D) United States v Drayton (153 L Ed 2d 242 (2002) U.S. Supreme Court Officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment merely by approaching individuals in public places and putting questions to individuals, if they are willing to listen. Even when officers have no basis for suspecting a particular individual, they may pose questions, ask for identification, and request to consent to search their person or property, provided they do not induce cooperation by coercive means. If a reasonable person would feel free to terminate the encounter, then he has not been seized for purposes of the Fourth Amendment. Officers do not need to advise people of their right to refuse to cooperate.
  7. 1) CONSENT: A) The person must be free to leave. If previously detained, all items (paperwork, etc.) must be returned to him. Florida v Royer (460 U.S. 491 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court A suspect’s consent to the search of his suitcases is tainted by an illegal detention and is ineffective to justify the search, where the suspect was approached by detectives who asked for the suspect’s airline ticket and driver’s license, where the detectives, without returning the ticket and license, asked the suspect to accompany them to a room. Florida v Bostick (501 U.S. 429 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Police officer’s request that bus passenger consent to search of luggage, was not a seizure under the Fourth Amendment. The appropriate inquiry in such situation is whether a reasonable person would feel free to decline officer’s request or otherwise terminate the encounter. B) Consent must be voluntary. C) Consent must be obtained from a person with authority to give that consent. D) United States v Drayton (153 L Ed 2d 242 (2002) U.S. Supreme Court Officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment merely by approaching individuals in public places and putting questions to individuals, if they are willing to listen. Even when officers have no basis for suspecting a particular individual, they may pose questions, ask for identification, and request to consent to search their person or property, provided they do not induce cooperation by coercive means. If a reasonable person would feel free to terminate the encounter, then he has not been seized for purposes of the Fourth Amendment. Officers do not need to advise people of their right to refuse to cooperate.
  8. 2) SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST: A) Chimel v California (395 U.S. 752 (1969) U. S. Supreme Court You may search the arrestee’s person and also the areas within his immediate control. B) Rawlings v Kentucky (448 U.S. 98 (1980) U. S. Supreme Court A search of an arrestee is legal as a search incident to arrest, despite the fact that the challenged search slightly preceded the arrest. The officers had probable cause to arrest the suspect. During the search incident to arrest, the officers found contraband. It is not important that the search preceded the arrest rather than vice versa. C) United States v Banshee (91 F. 3d 99 (1996) Eleventh Circuit Warrantless search of a vehicle passenger following traffic stop could be justified as search incident to arrest, even though passenger was not actually under arrest at the time of the search. Bulge in passenger’s midsection coupled with inconsistent statements given to officer, provided officer with sufficient grounds to conclude that passenger was committing a crime. The fact that passenger was not under arrest at the time of search did not render search incident to arrest doctrine inapplicable. If there is probable cause for arrest before the search, and contraband is located during the search, and the arrest immediately follows the search, the fact that the suspect was not under arrest at the time of the search does not make the search incident to arrest inapplicable. D) United States v Goddard (312 F. 3d 1360 (2002) Eleventh Circuit Officer’s decision to conduct Terry frisk for weapons did not preclude him from thereafter searching defendant for weapons and drugs, as incident to his lawful arrest based upon probable cause. Since the arrest of a suspect based upon probable cause is a reasonable intrusion under the Fourth Amendment, search incident to arrest requires no additional justification.
  9. 6) AUTOMOBILE EXCEPTION: A) United States v Ross (456 U.S. 798 (1982) U. S. Supreme Court You may conduct a warrantless search of any part of a vehicle as long as you have probable cause to believe the object you are looking for is located there. This includes compartments and containers within the vehicle, including the trunk and glove compartment. B) Carroll v United States (267 U.S. 132 (1925) U. S. Supreme Court If a search and seizure without warrant are made upon probable cause, the search and seizure are valid. When officers have probable cause to believe that an automobile contains contraband, the Fourth Amendment does not require them to obtain a warrant prior to searching the car for and seizing the contraband. C) Chimel v California (395 U.S. 752 (1969) U. S. Supreme Court If probable cause for a search exists, automobiles and other vehicles may be searched without warrant.
  10. 6) AUTOMOBILE EXCEPTION: A) United States v Ross (456 U.S. 798 (1982) U. S. Supreme Court You may conduct a warrantless search of any part of a vehicle as long as you have probable cause to believe the object you are looking for is located there. This includes compartments and containers within the vehicle, including the trunk and glove compartment. B) Carroll v United States (267 U.S. 132 (1925) U. S. Supreme Court If a search and seizure without warrant are made upon probable cause, the search and seizure are valid. When officers have probable cause to believe that an automobile contains contraband, the Fourth Amendment does not require them to obtain a warrant prior to searching the car for and seizing the contraband. C) Chimel v California (395 U.S. 752 (1969) U. S. Supreme Court If probable cause for a search exists, automobiles and other vehicles may be searched without warrant.
  11. INVENTORY SEARCH: E) United States v Bowhay (992 F. 2d 229 (1993) Ninth Circuit After defendant’s arrest, police department had standard procedure where any piece of defendant’s property brought to the police station was inventoried. The officer had no discretion in conducting an inventory search and did not violate defendant’s rights, even though the officer admitted a second motive of hoping to find narcotics or weapons. F) United States v Mendez (315 F. 3d 132 (2002) Second Circuit Inventory searches are constitutional under the Fourth Amendment because they serve to protect an owner’s property while it is in the custody of the police, to insure against claims of lost, stolen or vandalized property, and to guard the police from danger. Even if police officer’s initial search of defendant’s automobile at the time of his arrest was not a valid inventory search, handgun they found in the glove compartment would have been inevitably discovered during valid inventory search. The city police department had a consistent, if unwritten, inventory search policy, and proper inventory search was made of the automobile before it was impounded.
  12. INVENTORY SEARCH: E) United States v Bowhay (992 F. 2d 229 (1993) Ninth Circuit After defendant’s arrest, police department had standard procedure where any piece of defendant’s property brought to the police station was inventoried. The officer had no discretion in conducting an inventory search and did not violate defendant’s rights, even though the officer admitted a second motive of hoping to find narcotics or weapons. F) United States v Mendez (315 F. 3d 132 (2002) Second Circuit Inventory searches are constitutional under the Fourth Amendment because they serve to protect an owner’s property while it is in the custody of the police, to insure against claims of lost, stolen or vandalized property, and to guard the police from danger. Even if police officer’s initial search of defendant’s automobile at the time of his arrest was not a valid inventory search, handgun they found in the glove compartment would have been inevitably discovered during valid inventory search. The city police department had a consistent, if unwritten, inventory search policy, and proper inventory search was made of the automobile before it was impounded.
  13. A) United States v Knights (534 U. S. 112 (2001) U. S. Supreme Court You may conduct a warrantless search of a person, his property, residence, vehicle and personal effects, supported by reasonable suspicion and authorized by a probation condition.
  14. 8) BORDER SEARCH: A) United States v Montoya de Hernandez (473 U. S. 531 (1985) U. S. Supreme Court Consistent with Congress’ power to protect the nation by stopping and examining persons entering this country, the Fourth Amendment’s balance of reasonableness is qualitatively different at the international border than in the interior. Routine searches of persons and effects of entrants are not subject to any requirement of reasonable suspicion, probable cause or warrant. Automotive travelers may be stopped at fixed checkpoints near the border without individualized suspicion, even if the stop is based largely on ethnicity, and boats on inland waters with ready access to the sea may be hailed and boarded with no suspicion whatsoever. Expectation of privacy at an international border is less than in the interior. Note: Post September 11, 2001, border search checkpoints are now being conducted nationwide.
  15. ) Protective Sweep: A) Maryland v Buie (494 U. S. 325 (1990) U. S. Supreme Court As an incident to an in-home arrest, police may, as a precautionary measure and without a search warrant, probable cause or reasonable suspicion, look in closets and other spaces immediately adjoining the place of arrest from which an attack could immediately be launched. This protective sweep extends to a cursory inspection of those spaces where a person may be found, lasting no longer than is necessary to dispel the reasonable suspicion of danger, and in any event, no longer than it takes to complete the arrest and depart the premises. The officers must possess a reasonable belief based upon specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, would warrant a reasonable officer in believing that the area to be swept harbors an individual posing a danger to those on the arrest scene. B) United States v Cavely (318 F. 3d 987 (2003) Tenth Circuit The mere fact that officers who entered defendant’s residential property while serving an arrest warrant, went to the front and the back of defendant’s house, did not establish an invasion of the cartilage. Officers, who arrested defendant outside the back door of his house, were justified in making a brief protective sweep of defendant’s house, and thus, cursory visual inspection of areas of the house where a person could be found was reasonable. Officers knocked at the front door several times and received no answer, defendant told officers there was another person in the house and officers had found firearms in the house on a prior search.