Plain touch doctrine | Criminal homework help

 

Competencies Addressed in This Assignment

  • Competency 1: Articulate how the rules of criminal procedure apply to a criminal justice practitioner.
  • Competency 2: Illustrate ethical compliance with criminal procedure from a criminal justice practitioner perspective.
  • Competency 3: Apply the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments in a criminal justice context.

Overview

The plain touch doctrine is a legal principle that allows a police officer to seize any contraband that the officer can immediately and clearly identify by touch while conducting a legal pat-down search. In Minnesota v. Dickerson (1993), the Supreme Court held: “If a police officer lawfully pats down a suspect’s outer clothing and feels an object whose contour or mass makes its identity immediately apparent, there has been no invasion of the suspect’s privacy beyond that already authorized by the officer’s search for weapons; if the object is contraband, its warrantless seizure would be justified by the same practical considerations that inhere in the plain-view context.”

Instructions

For your assignment, prepare a three-page training memo, citing a minimum of two academically verified sources, to be distributed to rookie officers in your department during their training regarding proper criminal procedure with respect to the plain touch doctrine.

In your memo:

  • Articulate legally compliant procedural steps for a criminal justice practitioner in a situation involving the plain touch doctrine.
  • Explain classification of the plain touch doctrine as reasonable or unreasonable for a criminal justice professional.
  • Examine whether the plain touch doctrine is a threat to 4th Amendment protections.
  • Describe the implications of officers being able to manipulate objects that can be readily felt.

Be sure to review the Plain Touch Doctrine Scoring Guide to ensure you understand the criteria for this assignment.

Requirements

Your memo should meet the following requirements:

  • Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • References: A minimum of two references.
  • APA format: Format resources and citations as per current APA style and formatting guidelines.
  • Length of memo: Three pages, not including the title page and the references page.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

You are required to submit a draft of your paper to SafeAssign. Once you review your results and make any needed changes, submit your paper for grading.

How to Submit Your Assignment

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SafeAssign: Drafts of all assignments must be submitted to SafeAssign.

  1. Access SafeAssign through the link in the courseroom.
  2. Submit your assignment using the draft folder.
  3. Review the returned report and make changes as needed. (You may ignore any template matches.)

Submit Your Assignment for Grading: See the Campus tutorial, Submit an Assignment, (linked in the resources) for more information.

  1. Click on the linked assignment heading.
  2. Attach your file.
  3. Click submit.
  4. You will know your submission was successful by viewing the Submitted section of the My Grades area.

Note: Your instructor may also use the Writing Feedback Tool to provide feedback on your writing. In the tool, click the linked resources for helpful writing information.

Reference

Minnesota v. Dickerson, (91-2019) 508 US 366 (1993).







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