In-Class Exercise
Joseph Wise / Britney Bevans / Michael Seno
CRJ 100 - Intro to Criminal Justice
10/16/2020
Exclusionary Rules / 4th & 5th Amendments
As a prosecutor, our belief is exigent circumstance was met for warrantless entry with the
daughter's allowance, due to an assumption of tenancy rights, as established through the
leaseholder. During entry, plainview doctrine allowed for the lawful seizure of the cocaine,
thereby excluding the necessity of a search warrant, set in the precedent of Washington v
Chrisman (1982).
As a judge, our belief is while
"each man's home is his castle",
and "must [be] secured
from unreasonable searches and seizures",
our ruling would state that officers had lawful
access to the domicile in question, as the daughter had legal rights of access to her own home,
which led to plainview doctrine allowance for the drug seizure.