SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs SPEA-J 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Plain View Doctrine, Exigent Circumstance, Hot Pursuit
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Exceptions to the warrant requirements 4 broad types. Allows officers to search a suspect following their arrest. Chimel v. california the ussc held that the full search of a house was unreasonable, but it is okay to search the arrestee for weapons and evidence. Searches based on the plain view doctrine: searches incident to arrest. Officers must consider the nature or seriousness of the offense. Us v. robinson court held that a pat-down of a suspect"s out clothing is permissible following an arrest for driving with a revoked license. Thus any arrest justifies a warrantless search incident to that arrest. The arrest must result in a person being taken into custody. Knowles v. iowa the cops stopped a guy for speeding and gave him a citation, then searched his car & found marijuana. The court held that to do an incident to arrest search, the suspect must be arrested. Pc must precede the warrantless search sibron v. new york.