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Electronic Surveillance
Using electronic devices to keep surveillance over a person may implicate the investigated individual's Fourth Amendment rights.
Fundamental Rights of the Accused
Many of an accused person’s most basic rights are set forth in the Bill of Rights.
Search & Seizure Law
The Fourth Amendment protects two fundamental liberty interests: the right to privacy and the right to freedom from arbitrary invasion.
6th Amendment
The Sixth Amendment contains five principles that affect the rights of a defendant in a criminal prosecution: the right to a speedy and public trial, the right to be tried by an impartial jury, the right to be informed of the charges, the right to confront and call witnesses, and the right to an attorney.
5th Amendment
The principles contained in the Fifth Amendment are vital to a person accused of a crime. Although the amendment contains several provisions, four elements protect a person accused of a crime: the right against compelled self-incrimination, the right to a grand jury, the right of protection against double jeopardy and the right to due process.
When May Police Conduct a Warrantless Search of a Home? (Friday 14 March 2008)
Under what circumstances can the police search a home without a warrant?
Can the police ever arrest without a warrant? (Wednesday 12 March 2008)
When to contact a lawyer (Wednesday 5 March 2008)
June 22, 1964: The Supreme Court establishes the right to an attorney during interrogation (Thursday 21 June 2007)
The right to an attorney during interrogation in established.
June 20, 2002: The Supreme Court finds capital punishment of the mentally disabled cruel and unusual (Tuesday 19 June 2007)
Capital punishment of the mentally disabled violates the Eighth Amendment.
June 11, 2001: The Supreme Court rules that thermal-imaging devices require a warrant (Friday 8 June 2007)
The Supreme Court rules that thermal imaging is in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
May 23, 1955: The Supreme Court rules that silence can invoke Fifth Amendment protection (Tuesday 20 May 2008)
Emspak v. United States establishes that silence can invoke Fifth Amendment protection.
June 13, 1966: A Supreme Court ruling creates the Miranda rights (Monday 11 June 2007)
Miranda rights are created
Oct. 18, 1698: London police arrest John Lennon and Yoko Ono for drug possession (Tuesday 9 October 2007)
London police arrest John Lennon and Yoko Ono for drug possession.
