the police have “probable cause” that the car holds evidence of criminal activity, they arrest you from the vehicle (search incident to arrest), the police temporarily detain you in the car, and they lawfully impound the vehicle and conduct an “inventory search.” 1.1. Search warrants for...
You can only detain the suspect until the arresting officer can furnish an arrest warrant for criminal charges. This can be done fairly quickly—usually, within a matter of hours. At the start of the arrest without a warrant, you must tell the detainee that you intend to detain them and ...
But there’s a loophole: Before arresting a suspect, detectives are free to detain and question him--without reading him his Miranda rights. Often, such interviews yield incriminating statements, if not confessions, because they take place before the suspect has been warned that every word he sa...
Over the past several months, Israeli forces have beenarrestingnotable Palestinian public leaders in the occupied territories. Earlier this month, Israeli policeissued an orderagainst a Jerusalem hotel, demanding it shut down an election-related meeting set to take place there. These attacks, along w...
Finally, the police could have carried out the arrest in a different manner. How much of a threat did the Mayans really pose to the gun carrying officers? Arresting them at night may have been strategic so as not to cause a riot, but allowing them to dress properly should have been the...