The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B Cross/ Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 10, Problem 7BCP
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Case summary:Federal officers had obtained a warrant to arrest the person N on charges of credit card fraud and identity theft. They arrested the person N outside her house. During the execution of a warrant for the arrest of the person N, the officers spotted another woman and a caged pit-bull inside the house, and suspected N’s boyfriend to be inside. N’s boyfriend has a criminal record and is also a suspect of identity theft. The officers immediately searched the areas in the house where a person could hide.
To find:Whether the evidence revealed in the protective sweep is admissible during the person N’s trial.
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