JUST 358 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Search Warrant, Clearance Rate, Gunshot Residue
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Idaho killer: murdered 4 ppl, cops have no weapon. Proactive- reactive- crime scene investigation bc re-acting the crime. Clearance rate: 100 murders, clearance rate 80%; means there were arrested. To be csi: go to alabama school for 6 months, very intense. In nj you dont need a warrant to search through garbage even if on property. Physical evidence: help the object in hand and can see it. Circumstantial: it was present but was it there at that particular time, don"t know who put it there or how it got it. Do not need a warrant to search under certain circumstances. Warrant: affidavit- what you present to the judge, investigators go to the crime scene, warrants- piece of paper that judge signs, returns- No knock warrant- police don"t identify themselves, reason: public safety issue, destruction of evidence. Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine: any info found after will be excluded.
