NCJ Number
27517
Date Published
1974
Length
0 pages
Annotation
POLICE LEGAL TRAINING FILM WHICH DEPICTS AND DEFINES EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE SEARCHES.
Abstract
A TOTAL OF NINE DRAMATIZED VIGNETTES, BASED ON ACTUAL OCCURRENCES, PRESENT THE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH WARRANTLESS POLICE SEARCHES WERE CONDUCTED. THE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT EXAMINED IN PART 1 INCLUDE THREATS TO HEALTH OR LIFE AND THREATS TO PROPERTY. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE SEARCHES OF AN UNOCCUPIED AUTOMOBILE AND WARRANTLESS POLICE SEARCHES AFTER AN EMERGENCY SITUATION HAS CEASED TO EXIST. PART 2 CONSIDERS SITUATIONS INVOLVING EMERGENCY HOT PURSUIT OF A FLEEING FELON AND EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES PRESENTED BY BOMB AND HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS. FOLLOWING EACH SEARCH SITUATION, MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE SEARCH ARE HEARD IN A COURTROOM SETTING. IN EACH CASE, THE JUDGE, IN CONSIDERING THE MOTION, CITES PRIOR CASE LAW AND JUCIDIAL DECISIONS AS PRECEDENTS TO HIS RULING. FOR PART ONE, SEE NCJ-27516. (SNI ABSTRACT)