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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Amendment IV. Searches and Seizures

    Fourth Amendment  Searches and Seizures

    • Overview of Fourth Amendment, Searches and Seizures
      • Historical Background on Fourth Amendment
        • Scope of Protected Rights
          • Overview of Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
            • Early Doctrine on Fourth Amendment
              • Katz and Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Test
                • Current Doctrine on Searches and Seizures
                  • Open Fields Doctrine
                    • Unreasonable Seizures of Persons
                      • Seizure of Property
                        • Inspections
                          • Property Subject to Seizure
                            • Property Seizures and Self-Incrimination Protections
                          • Probable Cause
                            • Overview of Probable Cause
                              • Probable Cause Doctrine
                                • Non-Traditional Contexts and Probable Cause
                                • Warrant Requirement
                                  • Overview of Warrant Requirement
                                    • Neutral and Detached Magistrate
                                      • Probable Cause Requirement
                                        • Particularity Requirement
                                          • Knock and Announce Rule
                                            • Other Considerations When Executing a Warrant
                                            • Exceptions to Warrant Requirement
                                              • Overview of Exceptions to Warrant Requirement
                                                • Consent Searches
                                                  • Exigent Circumstances and Warrants
                                                    • Warrantless Searches Dependent on Probable Cause
                                                      • Search Incident to Arrest Doctrine
                                                        • Vehicle Searches
                                                          • Containers in Vehicles
                                                            • Plain View Doctrine
                                                            • Warrantless Searches Not Dependent on Probable Cause
                                                              • Terry Stop and Frisks Doctrine and Practice
                                                                • Terry Stop and Frisks and Vehicles
                                                                • Special Needs Doctrine
                                                                  • Overview of Border Searches
                                                                    • Searches at International Borders
                                                                      • Searches Beyond the Border
                                                                        • Drug Testing
                                                                          • National Security
                                                                            • School Searches
                                                                              • Searches of Prisoners, Parolees, and Probationers
                                                                                • Workplace Searches
                                                                              • Excluding Evidence
                                                                                • Exclusionary Rule and Evidence
                                                                                  • Adoption of Exclusionary Rule
                                                                                    • Standing to Suppress Illegal Evidence
                                                                                      • Good Faith Exception to Exclusionary Rule

                                                                                    U.S. Constitution Annotated Toolbox

                                                                                    • Explanation of the Constitution - from the Congressional Research Service


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