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Topic: Fourth Amendment and Search and Seizure

This discussion post requires you to discuss how Chimel v. California (1969) defined what officers may search, when they may search, and why. Why are such directives necessary and how do they help individual suspects but may hinder police activity? How else might search parameters be defined?

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  • search & seizure 
  • fourth amendment
  • chimel v. california (1969) 
  • probable cause
  • reasonable suspicion

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