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Steagald v. United States, 451 U.S. 204 (1981), is a United States Supreme Court case which held that, based on the Fourth Amendment, a police officer may not conduct a warrantless search of a third party's home in an attempt to apprehend the subject of an arrest warrant, absent consent or exigent circumstances.
When a warrantless arrest occurs based on information provided by a confidential informant or anonymous source, for the arrest to be lawful, the police must establish that the information relied on in making the arrest meets the same two basic elements described above. At a post arraignment hearing the police must:
Where the warrant was so clearly deficient, such as with respect to the location to be searched or objects to be seized [9] In Illinois v. Krull (1987), [ 10 ] the Court extended the good-faith exception where an officer reasonably relied on a statute authorizing warrantless searches that was later found to be unconstitutional, citing the same ...
Search incident to a lawful arrest, commonly known as search incident to arrest (SITA) or the Chimel rule (from Chimel v.California), is a U.S. legal principle that allows police to perform a warrantless search of an arrested person, and the area within the arrestee’s immediate control, in the interest of officer safety, the prevention of escape, and the preservation of evidence.
a credible complaint has been made or a reasonable suspicion exists, and an arrest is necessary to prevent further criminal activity or promote the criminal investigation; a person has been declared a criminal by an authorized state authority. Section 35 specifically bars arrests of persons who are infirm or over the age of 65 without a warrant.
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Georgia v. Randolph , 547 U.S. 103 (2006), is a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that without a search warrant , police had no constitutional right to search a house where one resident consents to the search while another resident objects.
The mayor has issued an apology to Twyla Stallworth after her arrest and said all charges would be dropped. On Feb. 23, Stallworth called police to complain about her neighbor’s noise levels but ...