Title: Demonstrate procedures for obtaining and executing a search warrant.
Course: Criminal Justice II (15051-II) > Section: Understanding the Rule of Law

Demonstration should include

- establishing probable cause
- defining affidavit and explaining its purpose as related to search warrants
- explaining when a search warrant should be obtained
- describing the scope of a search warrant
- explaining when the use of force should be used when carrying out a search of a person with a warrant
- describing the implications of conducting a search without a warrant involving persons, premises, and vehicles
- identifying who should receive the warrant (e.g., homeowner)
- describing articles that may be seized as a result of a search with a warrant
- explaining and applying the meaning of inadvertent discovery
- explaining the conditions under which persons on the premises named on a warrant may be searched
- completing an affidavit, presenting an affidavit to a magistrate, searching individuals identified on the warrant, searching places or vehicles identified on the warrant, and seizing appropriate items found during a legal search
- court requirements for filing the executed warrant.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the three things that must be named in an affidavit for a search warrant?
- When may a police officer search a person without a valid warrant?
- Who can issue a warrant?