Good way to remember when to Mirandize someone (OIC)
Officer
Interrogation
Custody
There are times when you will get a confession before a Miranda advisement, do you need a miranda advisement for that confession to be valid?
Yes
You will only get away with it a few times without using Miranda Advisements
When does 5th Amendment rghts apply?
Custody
Does the 5th Amendment right to counsel apply to police initiated questioning about any crime?
Yes ANY crime
What is the “Trifecta” in terms of what is needed for Miranda Advisements to be applied?
OIC
O = Officer (Government Actor)
I = Interrogation
C= Custody
What are (3) Types of Officer Citizen Encounters??
(1) - Voluntary / Consensual
(2) - Temporary Detention
(3) - Arrest
_________________________________ _______
(1969) which created the to a _______________ __________________ _____________________ _______________ exception. The Court held when police officers arrest a person at home, they cannot search the entire home without a warrant, but they may search the area within the immediate reach of the person.
Chimel v. California (1969)
Search Incident to a Lawful Arrest
The scope of the search is often referred to as the _______________________ ____________________.
It is defined as the area from which a suspect could ____________________ to __________________ A __________________ or _____________ _______________ .
Lunge Area
Reach to Grab
Weapon or Destroy Evidence
The search and arrest must be contemporaneous, which means at the _____________________ ____________________.
Same Time
What is “Search Incident to a Lawful Arrest”?
Officer may at time of a lawful arrest search the arrestee’s Immediate control including opening closed containers
Lunge Area
All about Officer Safety & Preservation of Evidence
What is a “Carol” Search?
A Vehicle Search
Glove box = Yes
Trunk = No
Carol then Belton case
Two part rule governing searches of vehicle incident to the arrest?
Gant Rule
(1) - The arrestee is within searching distance of the vehicle during the search
OR
(2) - It is reasonable to believe the vehicle contains evidence to the crime of arrest
If you find something in the glove box, incident to arrest, can you now search the trunk?
Yes
Probable Cause now
What do you need to make vehicle occupants leave their bags or stuff in the car?
Probable Cause
Reasonable Suspicion- they can take bags and their stuff
Automobile Exception to Warrant
AND
(1) Probable Cause
(2) Readily Mobile
Are the courts ok with an officer threatening a “legal Possibility”?
Yes
BAC - refusal to blow, you can threaten you will get a warrant for the blood, hold them down and stick them with a needle.
Should you leave someone within communication distance when they give consent to search?
Yes
You must be able to hear them OR another officer to stay with them
Pro-Tip - Mirandize on contact as a formality, then come back to them. - Why?
So they forget you have already done it.
Criteria for Plain View (3)
(1) - The officer has lawful access to the location where the object is seen; and
(2) - Has lawful right of access to the object itself; and
(3) - Incriminating character of the object is immediately apparent (requires probable cause to believe the object is evidence of criminal activity).
What is an “Exigent Circumstances”?
when there is “a compelling need for immediate official action and no time to secure a warrant.”
Exigent Circumstances (5)
(1) - Hot pursuit of a person fleeing scene of a felony;
(2) - When a lawful arrest for a felony is initiated in a public place and the suspect flees into a residence to avoid the arrest;
(3) - Hot pursuit of a misdemeanant if the circumstances show possible escape, destruction of evidence, imminent harm to others or the officer;
(4) - Immediate danger to persons or property; and
(5) - Imminent destruction of evidence (jailable offense).
What is “Community Caretaking”?
it includes investigations to determine if a citizen needs vehicle assistance or medical assistance due to injury or illness.
the investigation should be “totally divorced from the detection, investigation, or acquisition of evidence relating to the violation of a criminal statute.”
Warrant Exceptions **
Community Care Taking
Vehicle Inventory
Probation parole
Terry Stop
Consent
Incident to arrest
Vehicle