In order to prepare for this case study, you will need to review Chapter 13, “Police and the Law,” in your textbook.
In your case study, you will address the following:
• Analyze and explain the use of the exclusionary rule by the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Define how the exclusionary rule has affected the use of evidence acquired from police search and seizure cases.
• Compare and contrast each of the following cases and the effects that the ruling decision
by the Supreme Court has had on evidence obtained from police search and seizure.
• What constitutes a reasonable search (include information regarding the ways that the police can use probable cause and execute a search warrant)?
• How is search and seizure governed by the Fourth Amendment?
• How do you feel that the police could have completed their searches in these cases more efficiently?
Base your case study on the following three cases:
• Weeks v. United States (1914)—Exclusionary rule applied to federal law enforcement agencies
• Rochin v. California (1952)—Exclusionary rule applied to all cases involving extreme police misconduct
• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)—Exclusionary rule applied to all law enforcement agencies (local, state, and federal)