4th Amendment

4th Amendment

Imagine your friend is being charged for a crime. The police have evidence against her which they found in several ways. For each example of evidence, decide whether you think the police are allowed to use that evidence if they did not have a warrant when they seized it.

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1.Evidence from her public school locker.

• Yes, they should be able to use it

• No, they shouldn't be able to use it

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Can they use websites she visited on her home computer evidence?

• Yes

• No

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Can they use an email she sent to her friend as evidence?

• Yes

• No

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Can they use evidence from her facebook page including status updates and pictures with locations and people tagged?

• Yes

• No

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Can they use her movements by car on public streets as evidence?

• Yes

• No

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Can they use the contents of her cellphone as evidence?

• Yes

• No

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Can they use things she said in a phone conversation with her home phone?

• Yes

• No

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Can they use evidence they find in her trash at the end of the street in a can?

• Yes

• No

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Can they use something they can see in her fenced in backyard that is not visible from the street?

• Yes

• No