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A 10 page overview of the numerous considerations introduced in Illinois verses Robert S. Lidster. This paper reviews the petitioner’s brief of the case, highlights its main points and compares them to other considerations in regard to Search and Seizure and protection of our Fourth Amendment rights. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Search and Seizure can occur in a variety and diversity of settings. These include the obvious such as those conducted during drug busts and the less obvious such
as the search of a child on school grounds or the requirement that certain key politicians undergo drug testing. The court rulings which are in place regarding the legalities
of search and seizure are therefore diverse as well. The Courts interpretation of Search and Seizure can have numerous societal implications. This paper will review the findings in
the petitioners brief in Illinois verses Robert S. Lidster, a brief evaluating the question of whether Indianapolis v. Edmond, 531 U.S. 32 (2000) can be interpreted to prohibit the use
of checkpoints by police officers to investigate a prior offense when said checkpoints were conducted in accordance with the reasonableness standards identified in Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47(1979).
Police officers in the case at hand were utilizing check points to hand out flyers and to attempt to locate witnesses to
certain crimes. They were timing their checkpoints to coincide as closely as possible to one week after the offense had occurred. At issue in this decision is the
Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Under most interpretations our governments right to search our homes or our bodies has been limited primarily to situations in which there was a
warrant or an arrest. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution has, in fact, guaranteed our rights as citizens against illegal search and seizure. It states:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches
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