Assignment:
- Explain requirements for warrants, searches, and seizures.
- Explain law enforcement procedures beginning with initial contact with a suspect through an arrest.
Searches are governed by the Fourth Amendment, and the cases for this week address various situations regarding searches and warrants.
Please answer to all of the following prompts:
- According to the knock and announce rule, what is a reasonable amount of time to wait before an officer may break and enter?
- Give an example of a third party consent search and why it would be valid.
- Identify two instances where a vehicle search without a warrant would be reasonable.
References:
Samaha, Joel. (2015). Criminal Procedure, 9th, Ed. Boston, MA: Cengage.