Explain why in United States v. Leon the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Leon and in favor of admitting evidence seized pursuant to a defective warrant.
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses should include that the Fourth Amendment is designed to protect against police misconduct. The police in Leon acted in objectively reasonable good faith reliance on a warrant and to exclude the evidence would be an extreme sanction as compared to the benefits of including it.
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What will be an ideal response?
The basic idea of ___________ is that by punishing one person, others will be discouraged from committing a similar crime.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Explain the concept of attendant circumstances as used as an element of a crime
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is/are condition(s) of a constitutionally protected assembly?
a. Peaceable b. Lawful c. By lawful means d. All of the above