Transcript Rights of Persons Accused of Crimes

Rights of Persons Accused of
Crimes
4th Amendment
• Mapp v Ohio (1961)
4th Amendment
• T.L.O (1985)
6th Amendment
• Gideon v
Wainwright (1963)
• Proper legal counsel
5th Amendment
• Miranda v. Arizona
(1966)
• “You have the right
to remain silent,
anything you say
can and will be used
against you in a
court of law…you
have the right to an
attorney”
6th Amendment
• Pointer v Texas
(1965)--right to
confront witness
Limiting defendant’s rights
• DUI Checkpoints
– Action must be
systematic not
arbitrary
Limiting defendant’s rights
• Narcotics
roadblocks?
– Indianapolis v
Edmund (2001)
• Thermal imaging?
• Drug testing?
– Hospitals?
– Schools?
Issues…
• DWB
• US has the largest
prison
population/capita
• Detention of enemy
combatants
• Surveillance of
terrorists