CJ 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Plain View Doctrine, Motor Vehicle Exception, Police Dog

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 100
• Professor: Douglas Klutz

Document Summary

Warrantless search options : protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, probable cause, no general warrants- must be specific, not required. If you give consent: plain view doctrine. If a private area is open to sight and they see something they are able to come in and seize it. X: positive alerts by k-9 units are treated as probable cause, sniff by a police dog is not a search under the 4th amendment (us v. 5th amendment: grand jury, task is finding probable cause- sufficient evidence to green light that criminal trial, issue indictment- notice of formal charges, guaranteed in federal criminal trials, hearings are not open to the public or media. Prosecutors can choose to invite defense team or not: exclusionary rule does not apply. Can still be charged and convicted of 1st degree murder: 2nd degree murder: less intent than 1st degree, not pre- meditated.