In a case where police suspected an individual of trafficking in marijuana, they noticed his trash can was located next to his garage and about 8 feet from the public street. Some trash was spilling out of the can
Police should be able to search the trash can and its contents and the prosecutor could use the drug evidence against the suspect because the conduct of the suspect indicated an intent to abandon the contents of his trash can.
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Unfortunately, the Hobbs Act fails to prohibit the foreign or interstate travel or the use of interstate facilities, such as the mails or telephones, to advance illegal activities such as gambling, drug trafficking, extortion, and bribery
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The Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection administers the Homeland
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What was the purpose of the Public Safety Realignment Act?
a. to have more convicted offenders penalized in local counties than transferred to the state system b. to make sure that offenders are completely safe prior to being returned to the community c. to invest in more public safety officials to protect the community d. to provide programs that increase interactions between offenders and community members
The case of Estes v. Texas involved pretrial publicity
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