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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//ABISOURCE//DTD XHTML plus AWML 2.2//EN" "http://www.abisource.com/2004/xhtml-awml/xhtml-awml.mod"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:awml="http://www.abisource.com/2004/xhtml-awml/"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" /> <title> Abiword HTML Document </title> </head> <body> <div> <p style="text-align:center"> <a name="_GoBack"> </a> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua'">CASE STUDY WEEK 1</span> </p> <p style="text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua'">SEARCH AND SEIZURE CASE STUDY 1</span> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua'">Facts: On September 15, 2011, at around 1PM, an officer on routine patrol observed a maroon Chrysler 300 make an improper left-hand turn. The officer also observed that the windows on the vehicle appeared to have an illegal tint. The officer ran the registration on the vehicle and it came back to an older female owner, but the officer observed that a young male was driving the vehicle. The driver then pulled into a car wash and the officer activated his overhead lights and made a traffic stop. When he approached the vehicle he noticed the driver’s hands were trembling when he handed the officer his driver’s license that he was sweating profusely and breathing rapidly. The officer returned to his vehicle after making this initial contact to write a traffic citation. The officer also requested a canine unit to be brought on scene.</span> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua'">A second officer arrived on scene and also observed that the tint on the windows appeared to be over the legal limit. He used the tint meter and confirmed that it was over the legal limit so an additional illegal tint charge was added to the ticket. While this was being completed a third officer arrived on scene with a K9 unit. The third officer with the K9 unit performed a free air search around the driver’s vehicle and “alerted” to the odor of narcotics by sitting down next to the vehicle. The original officer who made the stop then completed a search of the interior of the vehicle and discovered the following items:</span> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua'">Baggie containing marijuana under driver’s seat</span> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua'">Baggie containing several pieces of heroin under driver’s seat</span> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua'">Digital scale in map pocket behind front passenger’s seat</span> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua'">Razor blade in map pocket behind front passenger’s seat</span> </p> <p class="normal_(web)" style="margin-bottom:0.000000pt;margin-top:0.000000pt" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua'"></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0.000000pt"> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua'">The driver was then arrested and placed in police custody.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0.000000pt"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0.000000pt"> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua'">SOME QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION</span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0.000000pt"> </p> <span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222">What happened in this case?</span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222">Who are the parties?</span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222">What facts are important? Unimportant?</span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222">Is any significant information missing?</span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222">Why did the people involved act the way they did? </span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222">What are the applicable standards for the search and seizure here?</span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222"> Are there safety considerations here?</span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222">Are there any potential issues with the search and seizure? ? If so, what and what is the result of those issues to the case?</span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua';color:#222222">What evidence was found and how is it pertinent to the case?</span> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0.000000pt"> </p> </div> </body></html> ">
