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  2. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 - Wikipedia

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    PACE Code C: sets out the requirements for the detention, treatment and questioning of people in police custody by police officers. It replaced the Judges' Rules in England and Wales. PACE Code D: concerns the main methods used by the police to identify people in connection with the investigation of offences and the keeping of accurate and ...

  3. Appropriate adult - Wikipedia

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    PACE 1984 s.63B (Testing for presence of Class A drugs) an AA must be present when police make the request, give a warning and information and take a sample "in the case of a person who has not attained the age of 17". The term "appropriate adult" is defined only in relation to a person who has "not attained the age of 17".

  4. Powers of the police in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    This power, under section 18(1) of PACE, requires the authority of a police officer of at least the rank of Inspector and is normally conducted whilst a person is in police custody at a police station. Under PACE section 18(5), such a search of premises may be conducted prior to the arrested person being detained in police custody and prior to ...

  5. Habeas corpus - Wikipedia

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    Habeas corpus (/ ˈ h eɪ b i ə s ˈ k ɔːr p ə s / ⓘ; from Medieval Latin, lit. ' you should have the body ') [1] is an equitable remedy [2] by which a report can be made to a court alleging the unlawful detention or imprisonment of an individual, and requesting that the court order the individual's custodian (usually a prison official) to bring the prisoner to court, to determine ...

  6. Citizen's arrest - Wikipedia

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    A citizen's arrest is a form of lawful custody and anyone attempting to flee may be guilty of attempting to escape from lawful custody. Furthermore, the offence of 'assault with intent to resist arrest or lawful apprehension or detainer of himself' may apply if the arrestee assaulted the arrestor under Section 38 of the Offences Against the ...

  7. Chain of custody - Wikipedia

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    Chain of custody (CoC), in legal contexts, is the chronological documentation or paper trail that records the sequence of custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of materials, including physical or electronic evidence.

  8. Death of Liddle Towers - Wikipedia

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    The following year, punk band the Angelic Upstarts released a single entitled "The Murder of Liddle Towers" in 1978. 1978 also saw the release of the single "Justifiable Homicide", by Sex Pistols producer Dave Goodman. The Tom Robinson Band dedicated their 1979 album, TRB Two to Mary Towers, the mother of Liddle Towers.

  9. Berkemer v. McCarty - Wikipedia

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    Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420 (1984), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court that ruled that a person in police custody following a misdemeanor traffic offense was entitled to the protections of the Fifth Amendment pursuant to the decision in Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 (1966).