ARC CL685 Criminal Procedure_Essay_1_Model_Answer.pdf
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Academic Resource Center -- CL685 Criminal Procedure
Practice Essay 1 MODEL ANSWER -- Through Module 7 (Bail, Search & Seizure)
OUTLINE OF ISSUES
I. Federal Court: Motion to exclude heroin found on Dan's person
A. Border searches: no reasonable expectation of privacy.
B. 5th Amendment Due Process limitations: searches which "shock the conscience"
II. State Court: Motion to exclude heroin found in Dan's car
A. Warrant/probable cause
B. Exceptions to the warrant requirement
1. Moving auto exception: exigent circumstances?
2. Routine inventory search: was it a mere "pretext concealing an investigatory police
motive"?
III. Dan’s request for fixed bail: 8th Amendment ─ applicable to states?
A. Validity of state preventive detention statute: Due process problems
B. Assuming the statute is valid, can it be applied to Dan? Dangerous to society?
1. Dan is an indigent
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Solution
CL685 Criminal Procedure_Essay_1_Model_Answer.pdf.pdf
Academic Resource Center -- CL685 Criminal Procedure
Practice Essay 1 MODEL ANSWER -- Through Module 7 (Bail, Search & Seizure)
OUTLINE OF ISSUES
I. Federal Court: Motion to exclude heroin found on Dan's person
A. Border searches: no reasonable expectation of privacy.
B. 5th Amendment Due Process limitations: searches which "shock the conscience"
II. State Court: Motion to exclude heroin found in Dan's car
A. Warrant/probable cause
B. Exceptions to the warrant requirement
1. Moving auto exception: exigent circumstances?
2. Routine inventory search: was it a mere "pretext concealing an investigatory police
motive"?
III. Dan’s request for fixed bail: 8th Amendment ─ applicable to states?
A. Validity of state preventive detention statute: Due process problems
B. Assuming the statute is valid, can it be applied to Dan? Dangerous to society?
1. Dan is an indigent
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