A party against whom an appeal is taken and whose role is to respond to that appeal, usu. seeking affirmance of the lower court’s decision.” Appellee, Black’s Law Dictionary

The doctrine that when probable cause exists, a law officer need not obtain a warrant before searching a movable vehicle (such as a car or boat) in which an individual has a lessened expectation of privacy. • This is an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement for search and seizure; once probable cause exists, exigent circumstances are presumed to exist. Once the right to conduct a warrantless search arises, the actual search may take place at a later time

“A written statement setting out the legal contentions of a party in litigation, esp. on appeal.” Brief, Black’s Law Dictionary

“A voluntary yielding to what another proposes or desires; agreement, approval, or permission regarding some act or purpose, especially given voluntarily by a competent person; legally affective assent

The detention of a person by virtue of lawful process or authority.” Custody, Black’s Law Dictionary

A person sued in a civil proceeding or accused in a criminal proceeding.” Defendant,

[T]o weigh and analyze all the evidence after closing arguments.

“The act of illegally producing, importing, selling, or supplying significant amounts of a controlled substance.

“The rights (as to life, liberty, and property) so fundamentally important as to require compliance with due-process standards of fairness and justice.”

The principle that a police officer may conduct a search without a warrant if the officer has probable cause and reasonably believes that immediate action is needed to protect life or property.”

The rule that evidence derived from an illegal search, arrest, or interrogation is inadmissible because the evidence (the ‘fruit’) was tainted by the illegality (the ‘poisonous tree’).