4th amendment cases by Sydney Pahr

Riley v. California

sho514263 — 2024-05-15 14:35:15 UTC

A gang member (Riley) was pulled over for an invalid license and stickers on his car. A search of his vehicle revealed two firearms in his trunk, so police searched his cell phone and found that he was apart of a gang. This gang was the cause of a shooting with another gang. He was arrested for attempted murder, possession of firearms, and more.
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?
SCOTUS ruled 9-0 for Riley
defendants rights were protected

Stafford Unified school vs Redding

2024-05-15 14:35:39 UTC

Savana Redding, an eighth grader at Safford Middle School was strip-searched because of a tip given by another student that Ms. Redding might have ibuprofen on her person in violation of school policy. The question the court had was the search reasonable to the circumstances. The supreme court ruled that Mrs. Reddings rights were violated. Mrs. Reddings rights were violated. (8-1)

Vernonia School District vs Acton

2024-05-15 14:36:30 UTC

Summary: James Acton was a student athlete at Vernonia High School when him and his parents said they would not consent to being drug tested, challenging the 'Student Athlete Drug Policy". The school would not let James play in his games unless him and his parents consented to him getting a drug test. The Acton's took this case to the higher court.

Issue/Question: Does random drug testing of high school athletes violate the search and seizure of the 4th amendment.

SCOTUS ruling: No, the rights were not not violated because students in a school environment have less leisure than a free adult. (6-3)

Protected or limited rights:

James Actons rights were limited.

Carpenter vs. US

pah514359 — 2024-05-15 14:38:08 UTC

Summary: In April 2011, police arrested four men that are linked to the serious robberies. One man confessed to the crime while the other didn't.

ruled 4-5

Rights were protected

Terry v. Ohio

2024-05-15 14:38:10 UTC

Terry and two men were acting suspicious, seeming to be planning something. An off-duty police officer frisked the men and found weapons on two of them. Terry was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced to three years in jail.

Was the search and seizure of Terry and the other men in violation of the Fourth Amendment?

SCOTUS ruled 8-1 that the search was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

Defendants rights were limited.

pah514359 — 2024-05-16 13:25:40 UTC

summery: "a group of Maryland parents to force a school district to allow them to opt their elementary school children out of being assigned to read books that include LGBTQ characters."

question: just because they read lgbtq books do you think they should get in trouble for it?

ruled 2-1

rights were restricted

satire and the 4th amendment

sho514263 — 2024-05-16 13:29:52 UTC

two students at northwestern imitated and printed their school newspaper in order to state their opinions about the Gaza issue in a comical way. They were charged and arrested.
Does this violate their rights of unreasonable search and seizure?
did not go to supreme court, charges were dropped
Protected

2024-05-16 13:31:43 UTC

Maurice Vaughn pulled into his brother-in-law's driveway when a police officer began questioning him about a cracked windshield. Vaughn was then arrested for driving with a revoked license. After, however, the police officer conducted a search of his car even though it was parked in his relative's driveway, finding a gun inside.

The question was if the search of Vaughn's car was in violation of his rights of unreasonable search and seizure.

Federal judge threw out the evidence, upholding Vaughn's rights