Rules of evidence

Evidence that is illegally obtained cannot be used in a criminal trial and officers must have a valid warrant before conducting searches or seizing evidence (Weeks v. U.S., 1914). The three elements that comprise a Fourth Amendment search are government, intrusion and reasonable expectation of privacy. Without all three elements

Loyalist or Patriot Background: Various events of the 1700s led colonists to develop strong beliefs regarding the British government. The Trial of Peter Zenger, The Proclamation of 1763, the Boston Massacre combined with constantly changing taxes and rules that governed them made many think that self-governance was the best path for the colonies. Others felt that the King and his appointed officials had their best interests in mind and preferred to stay loyal to the crown. Later, during the American

Rule 412 which is the state of Tennessee’s version of the rape shield law, is designed to protect the victims of rapes and sexual assaults. The protection offered by laws of this nature was to prevent the victims of these heinous assaults from being re-traumatized on the witness stand during cross examination from the alleged perpetrators (Brody & Acker, 2010). Although I am an avid supporter of the right to a fair trial, I feel compelled to be the voice for those who are often subjected to constant

played a huge role in the plain view rule. The started off with a police officer searching an impounded car that was being kept as evidence from a robbery. The officer opened the car door so he could roll up the window, when he opened the car door, the officer had seen, in plain view sight, a registration card to the vehicle that belonged to the victim of the robbery in which the car was used in. The finding of this registration card was then used as evidence within the trial. The defendant tried

need to ensure officer safety and disarm the suspect and (2) the need to prevent destruction of evidence. But, as the Court stressed in a recent case, when "there is no possibility" that the suspect could gain access to a weapon or destroy evidence "both justifications for the search-incident-to-arrest exception are absent and the rule does not apply." Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332, 339 (2009). The basic rule under the Fourth Amendment is that "searches conducted outside the judicial process, without

Advantages of the pilot project rules • The mediation rules put a strict caveat that matters must be settled within a time frame of 60 day s.. • The rules ensure privacy and confidentiality since all communication during mediation are deemed to be confidential and shall not be admissible in evidence. Mediation is also deemed to be a confidential process as compared to litigation since parties can conduct proceedings in private. Confidentiality is essential for mediation to

in America has its flaws, and there have been many questions and concerns when it comes to how fair gloves are in football. Football is a game in which only a very slight advantage can be abused and alter the course of an entire game. The current rules of the NFL are manipulated almost

him with a son and heir. A ‘harem’ wife bore her husband’s son and heir, Tuthmosis III. When Hatshepsut’s husband died during his very short reign, Tuthmosis III was still very young which made him unfit to rule. Therefore, Hatshepsut became regent to her stepson until he was capable enough to rule on his own. This

3.4 Network Forensics Process Demand for evidences collection is changeable in the process of network forensics. For one to meet such demand, composition of network forensic modules has to be designed. This can be done through network data, which records the process of network communication evidence collection and binary network data packets preservation. Content crawling network is one module that can be designed in meeting the demand of data collection. This layer helps in the preservation of

teenage years, paying special attention to his genitals (Prothero, and Smith, 2006). His mother frequently berated him in the presence of others and would dress provocatively and regularly spoke of sexualized encounters with the men worked with (Rule, 2004). As a child, Ridgway experimented with arson, suffocated a