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Veteran Police Officers And Three-Dollar Steaks: The Subjective/Objective Dimensions Of Probable Cause And Reasonable Suspicion, Kit Kinports Jan 2016

Veteran Police Officers And Three-Dollar Steaks: The Subjective/Objective Dimensions Of Probable Cause And Reasonable Suspicion, Kit Kinports

Kit Kinports

This Article addresses two issues surrounding probable cause and reasonable suspicion that test the line between subjective and objective standards in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence: the extent to which a particular police officer’s training and experience ought to be considered in measuring probable cause and reasonable suspicion, and the relevance of the officer’s subjective beliefs about the presence of a weapon in assessing the reasonable suspicion required to justify a frisk. Although both questions have split the lower courts and remain unresolved by the Supreme Court, the majority of courts treat them inconsistently, recognizing the importance of an officer’s training, experience, …


Diminishing Probable Cause And Minimalist Searches, Kit Kinports Jan 2016

Diminishing Probable Cause And Minimalist Searches, Kit Kinports

Kit Kinports

This paper comments on recent Supreme Court opinions that have used phrases such as "reasonable belief" and "reason to believe" when analyzing intrusions that generally require proof of probable cause. Historically, the Court used these terms as shorthand references for both probable cause and reasonable suspicion. While this lack of precision was unobjectionable when the concepts were interchangeable, that has not been true since Terry v. Ohio created a distinction between the two standards. When the Justices then resurrect these terms without situating them in the dichotomy between probable cause and reasonable suspicion, it is not clear whether they are …


Panelist, Wrongful Conviction And The Dna Revolution: 25 Years Of Freeing The Innocent, Robert Bloom Sep 2015

Panelist, Wrongful Conviction And The Dna Revolution: 25 Years Of Freeing The Innocent, Robert Bloom

Robert M. Bloom

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure Mate: Searches And Seizures, Interrogation, Identifications, And Exclusionary Remedy, Robert Bloom Oct 2013

Criminal Procedure Mate: Searches And Seizures, Interrogation, Identifications, And Exclusionary Remedy, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

No abstract provided.


Updates Editor: Chapters 3, 6, 31-36, 81, Robert Bloom Oct 2013

Updates Editor: Chapters 3, 6, 31-36, 81, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

No abstract provided.


Cases On Criminal Procedure, Robert Bloom Oct 2013

Cases On Criminal Procedure, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure: The Constitution And The Police (Seventh Edition), Mark Brodin, Robert Bloom Oct 2013

Criminal Procedure: The Constitution And The Police (Seventh Edition), Mark Brodin, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

No abstract provided.


Cases On Criminal Procedure, Robert Bloom Dec 2012

Cases On Criminal Procedure, Robert Bloom

Robert M. Bloom

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure: The Constitution And The Police, 6th, Mark Brodin, Robert Bloom Oct 2011

Criminal Procedure: The Constitution And The Police, 6th, Mark Brodin, Robert Bloom

Robert M. Bloom

Examples & Explanations: Criminal Procedure: The Constitution and the Police, Sixth Edition, using the method that has made it such a successful resource for students, continues to present the discussion of criminal procedure in a way that mirrors the sequence of real-life events in law enforcement.


Mcdonald V. Chicago: Which Standard Of Scrutiny Should Apply To Gun-Control Laws?, Lawrence Rosenthal Dec 2010

Mcdonald V. Chicago: Which Standard Of Scrutiny Should Apply To Gun-Control Laws?, Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal

No abstract provided.


Oklahoma Trial Practice, Laurie Jones, Emma Rolls, Jean Giles Dec 2008

Oklahoma Trial Practice, Laurie Jones, Emma Rolls, Jean Giles

Laurie W. Jones

No abstract provided.


Before The Law: Military Investigations And Evidence At The Iraqi Special Tribunal, Russell Miller Dec 2004

Before The Law: Military Investigations And Evidence At The Iraqi Special Tribunal, Russell Miller

Russell A. Miller

No abstract provided.


Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure: Law, Commentary And Forms, Leonard Sosnov, David Rudovsky Dec 2000

Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure: Law, Commentary And Forms, Leonard Sosnov, David Rudovsky

Leonard N Sosnov

No abstract provided.


2008 Cumulative Supplement, In Patricia W. Hatamyar Et Al. Oklahoma Trial Practice, Laurie Jones, Jean Giles, Emma Rolls Dec 1998

2008 Cumulative Supplement, In Patricia W. Hatamyar Et Al. Oklahoma Trial Practice, Laurie Jones, Jean Giles, Emma Rolls

Laurie W. Jones

No abstract provided.


Clinical Education Programs--An Overview, Robert Bloom Aug 1995

Clinical Education Programs--An Overview, Robert Bloom

Robert M. Bloom

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure Mate: Searches And Seizures, Interrogation, Identifications, And Exclusionary Remedy, Robert Bloom Dec 1994

Criminal Procedure Mate: Searches And Seizures, Interrogation, Identifications, And Exclusionary Remedy, Robert Bloom

Robert M. Bloom

No abstract provided.


Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure: Forms And Commentary, Leonard Sosnov, David Rudovsky Dec 1990

Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure: Forms And Commentary, Leonard Sosnov, David Rudovsky

Leonard N Sosnov

No abstract provided.


Videotaping Testimony Of Child Witnesses In Sexual Offense Cases, Mary Ann Chirba Dec 1985

Videotaping Testimony Of Child Witnesses In Sexual Offense Cases, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.