Whren Vs. US
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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WHREN VS US
- The crime occurred in 1993, and the trial was run in 1996
- This was in the District of Columbia
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WHREN VS US
- Probable cause is the issue
- The petitioners argued that the police misuse probable cause to search for other stuff
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WHREN VS US
- The plaintiff was Whren
- He agreed with the officer that he had probable cause
- His argument was the cops misuse it to search for other stuff
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WHREN VS US
- The defendant was the US
- Their arguments were they clearly had a probable cause
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WHREN VS US
- This case was a landmark case for two reasons.
- It was decided off of many other previous precedent cases.
- Also, because of the inadequacies of the "would have" test.
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WHREN VS US
- All for US
- As long as the cops had a probable cause, they may approach any vehicle
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WHREN VS US
- How would you vote?
- If you saw the suspicious actions, what would you do?
- How would you plead if you were Whren?
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