Textbook: Jerold H. Israel, Yale Kamisar, and Wayne La Fave, Criminal Procedure and the Constitution: Leading Supreme Court Cases and Introductory Text (2020)
Directions: Read Discussion Post 1 and Discussion Post 2 and reply to them with 2 paragraphs each . Include reference when responding to the discussion posts. Use APA format for reference and include page numbers when citing information.
Discussion Post 1
The first case that I would like to discuss the Weeks vs the United States, this case involved Fremont Weeks who was suspected of transporting lottery ticket by mail. Weeks was arrested while he was at work and the officers searched his home without a warrant and without him being present and seized documents from the home. After that initial search and seizer his house was again searched, and additional documents was seized. Fremont Weeks was later tried and convicted.
Weeks lawyer argued that the search of his home was illegal and that the police violated his fourth amendment rights when they entered his clients home without a warrant and that allowing such evidence obtained from that search would be defeating the purpose of the amendment. The court agreed to exclude the evidence obtained from the search citing that the search was illegal and violated his fourth amendment rights, the court further stated that the fourth amendment covers a person whether they are accused of a crime or not.
