NCJ Number
146176
Journal
Crime to Court: Police Officers Handbook Dated: (January 1994) Pages: complete issue
Date Published
1994
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This booklet provides the transcript of the January 1994 Crime to Court program, broadcast on the South Carolina Educational Television Network.
Abstract
The case examined in this program involved an allegation that the search warrant was invalid because it did not set forth sufficient facts. The central argument was that warrants must describe premises with specificity. The law of the case revolved around the constitutional requirement as to specificity of the warrant, why this warrant was not "practically accurate," why the searching officer's knowledge of the location of the premises was not sufficient alone to satisfy requirements for a written warrant, and why good faith is not enough to cure an obviously invalid warrant. The procedural issue discussed in this program was sexual harassment.