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What is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than that person’s spouse (a criminal offense at common law)?

A police officer may search any area of a car where there is probable cause to believe contraband exists. 

According to your text,  __________________________________________ is an order by an appellate court to grant discretionary review of a case decided by a lower court.

The plain view doctrine permits a police officer to arrest any person who commits a misdemeanor in the officer’s presence.

The “Leon” exception to the warrant requirement allows

Searches don’t always involve touching a person or property.

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court hold that the government’s installation of a GPS device on a target’s vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements, constitutes a “search” under the Fourth Amendment?

This states that evidence that is illegally obtained may be admitted if the causal connection between the government’s wrongful conduct and the resulting evidence has been severed by an intervening event.

An officer chasing a suspect does not have to stop at their door—they can continue on to catch the suspect. This is known as

Illegally obtained evidence may be admitted if the causal connection between the government’s wrongful conduct and the resulting evidence has been severed by an intervening event.