Description
Scenario Part 2
The police conducted a second interview. As Suspect 2, Keith Hopkins, waited for the detective to speak to him again, he appeared to be deleting messages from his phone. As the second interview began, Hopkins admitted to hiding the stolen property from both victims inside his residence located at 1106 SE 9th Ave. He stated that the victim's property was hidden in a laundry basket in his bedroom. He also stated that Suspect 1, Steve Chapman, hid the gun used in the robbery in the attic of his house under the insulation. You suspected that there may also be additional evidence in the house, but Keith Hopkins will no longer provide you with any information. The police asked Mr. Hopkins for consent to search his residence, but he immediately remembered an episode of his favorite police show and refused to give you permission to search his house for the evidence.
As the lead detective, you have decided to secure the residence, and you proceed with a search warrant. Using fictional details of your own choice, draft an affidavit and search warrant.
- Click here to download an Affidavit form. (Utah Courts, 2010)
- Click here to download a Search Warrant report form. (Utah Courts, 2010)
Be sure to include a detailed description of the residence, items to be seized, and an affidavit of probable cause to search the house.
After you execute the search warrant, you recover the victim's property inside the residence. Answer the following:
- Describe the next steps.
- Explain how you would process the evidence. Include mention of documentation that you will need for the execution of the warrant.
- APA format for references with 2 being required.
- Needed by Wednesday by midnight central time.
Reference
Utah Courts. (2010, July 8). Introduction to search warrants. Retrieved from http://www.utcourts.gov/courts/just/onlinelearning...
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. BODY
3. CONCLUSION
4. REFERENCE
Running head: LAW
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Affidavit Form
Student
Institutional Affiliation
Instructor
Date:
LAW
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STATE OF UTAH
COUNTY OF UTAH
IN THE UTAH COUNTY JUSTICE COURT
COUNTY OF UTAH
v.
Case No. 940010000
Keith Hopkins
Affiant, being duly sworn, upon his oath, states that I, John Doe have reason to believe
that on the following described premise of Keith Hopkins situated at 1106 SE 9th Ave in
the county designated above there is now being concealed that Keith Hopkins should
know the whereabouts of some of the Mr. and Mrs. Smith's missing properties.
According to these victims, Hopkins and his colleague Steve Chapman burglarized their
home at 123 Main Street while they were away and collected the lock to the front door by
the use of the locksmith tools and began searching for the treasured properties. The
following day, the victims returned and realized that their home got broken into and
stolen after glancing at the hidden CCTV within their secret place. They then found and
took three cherished items including a Victorian gold jewelry collection, a mink fur coat,
and an expensive stereo system.
They thus called the police officers, and upon arriving at the scene, we hurriedly
surmised that the front door got opened with the locksmith tool. As the lead detective, I
gathered enough descriptions of the stolen properties such as the serial numbers of the
lost items, as well as the pictures of the jewelry (Kerr, 2005). According to the rumors
they had, they added that the two suspects took the things and hid them in Keith's house.
The suspects who were low on cash planned to wait for some few weeks till no one is
searching for the burglarized items and then begin selling them at the local pawn retail
LAW
shop. I returned to the police station and interviewed Keith. The facts tending to establish
the previous grounds for issuance of a Search Warrant are as follows; first, before
beginning to conduct the second interview, Keith...
