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- The court held that sobriety checkpoints do not violate the 4th amendment.
- Michigan v. Sitz
- Court held that evidence does not need to be inadvertently discovered in order to be covered by the plain view doctrine. When a warrant was exectued, no proceeds were found but weapons were discovered in plain view and were seized.
- Horton v. California
- Court held that a modified verson of the Gates "totality of circumstances" test could be used to establicsh reasonable suspicion. Both the contecnt of information posssessed by police and its degree of reliability are considered in accessing the "totali
- Alabama v. White
- Court held that the reliability of an informant in search warrant cases should be based on the "totality of the circumstances" instead of the rigid "two-prong test" of Aguilar. Prior reliability does not have to be established if the information provided
- Illinois v. Gates
- The court held that if the officer has probable cause to believe that a car contains evidence of a crime and the car is mobile, the officer may search the car at the scene or move it to the police impound lot and search it there, in both instances without
- Chambers v. Maroney
- In order for the magistrate issuingthe warrant to perform the task of independent review, he/she must be advised 1. of the underlying circumstances from which the affiant concluded that probable cause existed; and 2. of the underlying circumstances from w
- Aguilar v. Texas
- COurt held that police officers may routinely order passengers out of vehicles that are legally stopped. No showing of suspicion or probable cause regarding the passengers' activity need be present.
- Maryland v. White
- Court held that the common-law "knock and announce" principle forms a part of the reasonableness inquiry under the 4th amendment. There may be countervailing reasons why the law enforcement would be excused from "knock and annouce" in some cases but left
- Wilson v. Arkansas
- The subject initiated flight upon seeing a caravan of police cars converging on a Chicago street in an area known for heavy drug trafficking. Officers caught subject and discovered a revolver during pat down. Court upheld the stop of suspect under Terry
- Illinois v. Wardlow