A Practitioner's Primer to the Fourth Amendment

Authors

Josephine R. Potuto, University of Nebraska College of LawFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. In General ... A. Fourth Amendment Terms Defined ... B. Establishing Probable Cause ... 1. Using Common Sense ... 2. It's the Magistrate's Decision ... C. Necessity of Obtaining a Warrant and What It Means to Say That a Warrant Must Be Obtained ... 1. Arrests ... 2. Search and Seizure ... D. Particularity in Describing Situs of Search or Items to Be Seized ... E. Reasonable Scope of Search ... F. Place to Be Searched

III. Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement ... A. Good Faith ... B. Search Incident to Arrest ... C. Consent ... D. Plain View ... E. Automobiles ... F. Emergency Situations ... 1. Hot Pursuit ... 2. Imminent Threat to Safety ... 3. Destruction of Evidence ... G. Administrative and Other Regulatory Searches ... H. Stops, Frisks, and Protective Sweeps

IV. Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

V. Standing

VI. The Exclusionary Rule ... A. Hearings Related to the Criminal Trial ... B. Impeachment of the Defendant ... C. Independent Source; Inevitable Discovery

VII. Fruit of the Poisoned Tree ... A. How Poisoned Is the Tree? ... B. How Far from the Tree? ... C. What Type of Fruit? ... D. What Intervened?

VIII. Escalating Cause: One Thing Leads to Another

IX. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Josephine R. Potuto, A Practitioner's Primer to the Fourth Amendment, 70 Neb. L. Rev. (1991)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol70/iss3/3