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Summary: The Case Of Sam Wardlow

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The Bill of Rights was created for all citizens to be guaranteed the protection of basic rights. However, this was not situation regarding Sam Wardlow’s case. Mr.Wardlow was arrested on September 9, 1995 by Officer Nolan. Sam Wardlow was seen standing next to a building holding an opaque bag. According to reports, Mr.Wardlow looked in the direction of the officers and began to run. Officer Nolan and Harvey then proceeded to follow Mr.Wardlow until they cornered him on the street. Officer Nolan then performed a Terry stop that included a pat down and a search of his bag. Sam’s bag was found with a .38-caliber handgun with 5 live ammunition rounds. Sam Wardlow was then arrested and later convicted of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. The conviction of Sam Wardlow’s illegal search was unjustified and cruel to his rights as a citizen. There are way too many reasons a person may have ran or fled from the area they were staying at. This does not necessarily mean a crime was being committed nor did one occur. Officer Nolan did not see or hear any act of crime that was happening but yet still pursued Sam Wardlow. An action of jogging or …show more content…

This applies to Sam Wardlow’s situation in which evidence was founded illegally without a proper search warrant. Also, the weapon that was found in Sam’s bag does not relate to any prior crime that may connect him to. This is not in anyway, allowed for officer Nolan to have even stopped Mr.Wardlow. Possibly, if Sam was connected to a crime beforehand and if the officers did have a proper search warrant. Then there is no way Sam’s rights were violated. But, that was not the case and the officers did pursue sam without probable cause. Evidence that was founded by taking an individual’s rights is illegal and cannot be used in

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