4th Amendment For Police Officers In Oakland
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All searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment must be reasonable and no excessive force shall be used. Reasonableness is the ultimate measure of the constitutionality of a search or seizure. Searches and seizures with the warrant must also satisfy the reasonableness requirement.
Stop and frisk law must be based on more than whimsy but less than probable cause; it must be based on (1) reasonable suspicion, (2) good cause to believe, and (3) articulable suspicion.
These amendments include the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and the fourteenth amendments. Their purpose is meant to ensure that people are treated fairly if suspected or arrested for crimes. The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant.
The Fourth Amendment generally requires a warrant for searches and seizures, but there are exceptions. Among the presented options, abandoned property can be searched without violating this amendment. Therefore, the correct answer is that abandoned property can be searched without a warrant.
These include: Exigent circumstances. Plain view. Search incident to arrest. Consent. Automobile exceptions. Special needs.
The Fourth Amendment's Influence on Vehicle Searches in California. The Fourth Amendment requires probable cause for law enforcement to search vehicles, aiming to prevent unreasonable searches and seizures.
The search of a home, apartment, or vehicle is almost always considered a Fourth Amendment search, as these are places where individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Law enforcement must typically obtain a warrant to search these areas unless an exception (such as exigent circumstances or consent) applies.
Initial Fourth Amendment case law hinged on a citizen's property rights—that is, when the government physically intrudes on "persons, houses, papers, or effects" for the purpose of obtaining information, a "search" within the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment, has occurred.
Generally, a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy for property and personal effects they hold open to the public. The Fourth Amendment does not protect things that are visible or in "plain view" for a person of ordinary and unenhanced vision.
