Mr Blake Legal Case Study

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Subject Area:Law

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NW, Washington DC, 20015), which is co-owned by Jessie Smith and his wife, the following material facts stand to be true. First, the Metropolitan police officers arrived at the site and observed, through the living room window, Mr. Blake and his other friends in the room smoking marijuana. This is also confirmed by Mr. Blake in his description as he mentioned that they were seated with his two friends watching TV and smoking marijuana. The guns were confiscated by the authorities. It is also true that the police officers further conducted a frisking search on all the individuals in the house, which then resulted to finding more marijuana, suspected cocaine and $400 in possession by Mr. Blake, as well as a baggie of suspected cocaine in possession by one of the persons in the room.

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This fact also affirms that Mr. Blake was found in possession of a controlled substance; the suspected cocaine, together which his counterpart. Melvin Johns (1998). However, as handled in the case of Mapp v. Ohio (n. d. ), the case was decided despite the claims that the evidence collected was unreasonably collected and violated the provisions of individual privacy. Blake. This is despite the fact that the evidence was obtained after an unwarranted search on Mr. Blake and his colleagues. Additionally, Mr. Blake has the opportunity to seek protection of privacy as stipulated by the fourth amendment aspects. References Mapp v. Ohio. (n. d. Retrieved February 11, 2018, from https://www. ZO. html. LaFave, W. R. Search and seizure: a treatise on the Fourth Amendment (Vol.

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