CRJU375 Midterm: CRJU375 Exam 1 - case specifics

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Federal court, all trials are jury trials: free standing due process, district attorney"s office v. osborne (2009): assesses two main questions, may 42 u. s. c. 1983 be used to obtain post-conviction access to evidence when there is no pending claim for which that evidence could be utilized: no, the court suggests that osborne should have filed a writ of. Section 3061 allows for warrantless searches to be conducted by a postal inspector so long as he has probable cause: per common law, warrantless arrest is okay for a felony if there exists. Its purpose is to: remove weapons that might be used to resist arrest or escape, preserve from concealment or destruction evidence in possession of the defendant, this area extends to the area into which an arrestee might reach . Protective sweep, whose purpose is: this sweep is aimed at protecting police.