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Devallis Rutledge, a former police officer and veteran prosecutor, is Special Counsel to the Los Angeles County District Attorney. His latest book is “Criminal Investigations and Evidence.”

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Archive - May 2007

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Search Warrant Exceptions

You can conduct a search without a warrant under certain circumstances.

May 14, 2007

Unless you are searching under authority of a judicial warrant, you are presumed to be violating the Fourth Amendment. To rebut this presumption and avoid both civil liability and suppression of evidence, you have the burden of establishing that your warrantless search was justified under one or more of the recognized exceptions.

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author: Devallis Rutledge | posted @ Monday, May 14, 2007 11:42 AM | Comments(1)

The Lawful Use of Deception

Sometimes you have to resort to trickery to get confessions from suspects.

May 14, 2007

It might be nice if law enforcement officers never had to lie to a criminal suspect in order to solve a crime. In fact, some police advisors do suggest to officers that they should never mislead a suspect. Unfortunately, the reality is otherwise.

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author: Devallis Rutledge | posted @ Monday, May 14, 2007 11:33 AM | Comments(0)
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