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Criminal Justice System There Are Warrant, And Warrantless Searches

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Within the criminal justice system there are warrant, and warrantless searches. Each are entitled to be covered by the 4th amendment, to protect a citizens rights. With the patriot act, it has made it easier for warrantless searches to be done, and by only needing probable cause. Police officers can have the mere suspicion, which is efficient enough to negatively influence what the legal standard means. When issuing a warrant, there is room for error. When this happens, and an officer follows through with the warrant it is still possible to be admissible in court. According to Funk and Wagnall’s (2016) under the 4th amendment of the constitution a search warrant can be issued under the oath of a complainant that is showing probable cause for its issuance (pg. 1). This is where searches that have probable must list specifics on the warrant, on what the police officers are looking for. The fourth amendment clause is specific in the way it worded. According Michael Zyndezy (2015) to The clause had three requirements before a warrant is issued. It has depended on the reasonableness clause, which is misused with the relying on common law when dealing with warrant searches (pg.1236). On the other hand there is a thing as warrantless searches. In a case of State v. Zacher, Zacher was pulled over by the police officer after finding that Zacher had a suspended license. Zacher was arrested, and was read his Miranda rights by the officer. He allowed the officer to move his car off

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