| Autor: |
Heroux, Francis A., Boyle, John S. |
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Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology & Police Science; May/Jun1959, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p97-100, 4p |
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This section provides information on legal issues concerning political science in the U.S. as of May 1959. The Miami police set up roadblocks to make a general check of motorists' licenses and to check the possibility of traffic law violations. This policy was attacked and a Florida state court held that the indiscriminate use of roadblocks violates the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, as well as Section 22 of the Declaration of Rights of the Florida Constitution. A federal narcotics agent was informed by a reliable, paid informer that the defendant was peddling narcotics to several addicts. The informer gave the agent a detailed physical description of the defendant, and the agent arrested him without a warrant. A search of the defendant yielded a quantity of heroin and a syringe. Prior to his trial for concealing narcotics, the defendant moved to suppress the evidence secured in the search. This motion was denied and following his conviction the defendant appealed. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the arrest without a warrant was lawful, since the informer's description had provided probable cause for arrest within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. |
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