The Fourth Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches of their property and persons. It also
prevents law enforcement from making unlawful arrests/seizures. It requires that all searches be reasonable.
This discussion asks you to examine the requirements for a search warrant and the exceptions to needing a
warrant.
Please thoroughly discuss each of the following:
Discuss when a search warrant is needed by law enforcement.
Discuss what law enforcement must demonstrate to a judge to have a search warrant issue.
Discuss the various exceptions to the search warrant requirement. Please include examples of each in your
response.
Discussion # 2
Using the facts provided to you in the week one discussion #2, answer the following questions :
1) Was the arrest of Mayo a legal arrest? Discuss why. Please include the components of a reasonable arrest and whether or not they were met with Mayo.
2) Did law enforcement need an arrest warrant prior to arresting Mayo? Discuss why. Make sure to support your thoughts.
3) Can law enforcement seize the broken beer bottle and the gun without a search warrant?
