CALIFORNIA - SEARCH AND SEIZURE - A STATEMENT OF THE CURRENT PRINCIPLES AND THEIR APPLICATION

• NCJ Number: 13561
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 281 pages
• Corporate Author: California Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

LEGAL CONSTRAINTS ON POLICE AND INVESTIGATORY AGENTS CURRENT IN 1972, INCLUDING GENERAL PRINCIPLES, THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE, ITS DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION.

Abstract

SPECIFIC SECTIONS OUTLINE THE 1972 LAW CONCERNING SEARCHES PURSUANT TO A SEARCH WARRANT, ARRESTS WITH AND WITHOUT WARRANTS, PROBABLE CAUSE, ANNOUNCEMENT RULES REQUIRED UPON ENTRY INTO HOMES, 'REASONABLE' SEARCHES, STOP AND FRISK, VEHICLE SEARCHES, WARRANTLESS SEARCHES, CONSENT, AND SPECIAL TYPES OF SEARCHES (I.E. BORDER SEARCHES, AIRPORT SEARCHES, MILITARY SEARCHES, AND RESTROOM SEARCHES.) THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE IS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL, AS ARE ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING AND USING FORCE TO OBTAIN EVIDENCE.