Police Investigative Tort

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1. The police have probable cause to believe that Alan was involved in a robbery. The police see Alan drive by. They stop the car and arrest him without an arrest warrant. Alan claims that the police arrest is illegal. Is the police arrest illegal? Alan's arrest was legal, as the police had probable cause to arrest him and Alan was in public. The warrantless arrest was legal. 2. After the police arrest Alan, they handcuff him. The police then conduct a search of the car based on search incident to arrest doctrine. They open the trunk and find diamond rings robbed from the store. They open the glove compartment and find a bag of cocaine. According to Arizona v. Gant, is the search justified? Can the rings and drugs be used as evidence against Alan? The search was justified as the…show more content…
The police had the arrest warrant to arrest Bill for robbery. They went to Bill’s house to arrest him. The police arrested Bill in the family room. They then conducted a search of the house. In the basement, the police found stolen items. Is the search justified? Can the stolen items be used as evidence against Bill? The search the police performed was illegal. They needed to obtain a search warrant before they conducted the search for the stolen items. The Fourth Amendment prohibits general search warrants to be given out by a judge, and so the police need to specify on a warrant what they're looking for and where they are authorized to search the residence. 4. The police had probable cause to believe that Charlie had a stolen laptop computer in his car. The police stopped Charlie’s car and searched the car. They opened the trunk and found the stolen computer. Is the search justified? Can the computer be used as evidence against Charlie? The police can perform a search of the car without a warrant since they had probable cause. They can open the trunk without a warrant because they a laptop can be hidden in a trunk and so the computer can be used as evidence against
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