search warrant
Court-approved entry permit
A search warrant is a legal document issued by a judge or magistrate authorizing law enforcement to search a specific location for evidence of a crime.
The Fourth Amendment requires warrants to be supported by probable cause and to describe the place to be searched and items to be seized: Police obtained a search warrant for the suspect's home.
Legal threshold for searches
- incriminatingProving guilt or wrongdoing
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- fingerprintFriction ridge impression
ballistics · corroborate · probative · admissible · exculpatory · chain of custody · physical evidence · documentary evidence
Sworn written statement
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- judicialOf courts and judges
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
Fourth Amendment · due process · oath · sworn statement · judge · approval · issuance · execution
Seize by law
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- theftUnlawful taking of property
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- robberyTheft through intimidation
homicide · drug trafficking · arson · embezzlement · forgery · contraband · seizure · raid
Professional crime investigator
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- probeThorough examination or tool
- caseContainer or instance
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
police · FBI · premises · residence · electronic devices · records · documents · suspect
Legally protected individual freedoms
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- personal propertyMovable owned assets
- homeOne's personal residence
curtilage · consent · warrantless · exclusionary rule · invasion · individual rights · overreach
Hidden listening device
- electronic surveillanceCovert monitoring via technology
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- emailDigital written communication
internet history · GPS tracking · metadata · cloud storage · social media
probable cause
Legal threshold for searches
- incriminatingProving guilt or wrongdoing
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- DNAHereditary code molecule
fingerprint · ballistics · corroborate · probative · admissible · exculpatory · chain of custody · physical evidence · documentary evidence · digital evidence
affidavit
Sworn written statement
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- judicialOf courts and judges
jurisdiction · Fourth Amendment · due process · oath · sworn statement · judge · approval · issuance · execution · return
arrest
Seize by law
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- theftUnlawful taking of property
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
robbery · homicide · drug trafficking · arson · embezzlement · forgery · contraband · seizure · raid · narcotics
detective
Professional crime investigator
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- probeThorough examination or tool
- caseContainer or instance
law enforcement · police · FBI · premises · residence · electronic devices · records · documents · suspect · person of interest
constitutional rights
Legally protected individual freedoms
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- personal propertyMovable owned assets
home · curtilage · consent · warrantless · exclusionary rule · invasion · individual rights · overreach
wiretap
Hidden listening device
- electronic surveillanceCovert monitoring via technology
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- trackingMonitoring location over time
email · internet history · GPS tracking · metadata · cloud storage · social media
- US Lawattorney, lawyer, lawsuit, jury, federal court
- Legal mythsMiranda rights, entrapment, undercover cops, castle doctrine, double jeopardy
- warrants
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- Criminal Investigationdetective, crime scene, crime investigation, forensics, investigator
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
search warrantwarrantless search
Examination without judicial authorization
illegal search · unlawful search · unlawful entry · unreasonable search · illegal entry
search, research, searching, warrant, researcher, searched, warranted, searches, unwarranted