4th amendment cases by Vincent Marquez

Terry vs Ohio (1968)

mricker3 — 2024-05-16 14:11:48 UTC

Terry and two men were seen by a police officer and he believed they had weapons on them and were planning a robbery. When the officer stopped the men, he found the weapons on them. Terry was convicted of having a concealed weapon on him and sentenced to a few years in prison.

Did searching Terry and the other men, and seizing the weapons, violate their 4th amendment rights?

SCOTUS ruled 8-1 in favor of the officer, saying that he had probable cause, more than a hunch, to search Terry since he was acting suspiciously and (rightfully) suspected he has weapons that posed a threat.

In this case, Terry's 4th amendment rights were limited because SCOTUS ruled the officer had a right to search him.

Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton

mar514172 — 2024-05-16 14:20:30 UTC

Summary ; School officials at Vernonia were worried about illicit drug use among students. Random drug tests were implemented. Student Acton and his parents denied the drug test and was denied access to playing for the football team. Court ruled that their governmental concern with drug use overrides students privacy, limiting their rights.

Safford Unified School District vs Redding (2009)

2024-05-16 14:20:55 UTC

A 8th grader (Savana Redding) was striped searched by school officials another student snitched on her that Ms. Redding might have ibuprofen on her which invades her 4th amendment and she filed suit against the school. 8-1 ruling and court decided that the school had no reason to search her and violated her 4th amendment (uphold)

Riley v California

bab513568 — 2024-05-16 14:21:43 UTC

Riley was pulled over for having an expired license after talking to police he was illegally searched, where cops found a knife on him and two guns. when they arrested him they took his phone and searched it. While going through his phone they found out that he was gang affiliated, Riley wanted to suppress the evidence regarding his gang affiliation because it wasn't a part of evidence. The court denied his request.

Was the evidence admitted at trial from Riley's cell phone discovered through a search that violated his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches?

9-0 in favor of Riley the court ruled, Police didn't have right to search his phone violating his 4th amendment right.