In a certain municipality, a judge overturned a suspect's conviction for possession of an illegal weapon. βββ βββββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββββ βββ ββββββββββββ βββββββββ βββ βββββββ ββββββ βββββ βββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββ βββ βββββ ββββββββ ββ ββββββββ βββ ββββ βββββ βββ βββ ββββββ ββββββ βββββ βββ βββ βββββββββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ ββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ β ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ β ββββββββ ββββ ββββββββ βββββββββ ββββββ ββ βββββββ βββββ ββ βββββββββββββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββββββ ββ ββββ ββββ βββ βββββββββββββ
The judge concludes that evidence collected during the case of the suspect is inadmissible.
Why?
Because the only reason the police were chasing the suspect was the suspectβs running away from the police.
Running away from police, by itself, doesnβt create a reasonable suspicion of a criminal act.
If evidence is collected during an illegal chase, then itβs inadmissible.
The judge is trying to use the rule βif evidence is collected during an illegal chase, then itβs inadmissible.β But the author hasnβt established that the evidence collected was from an ILLEGAL chase. All that the author has established is that the police did not have reasonable suspicion of a criminal act when they began to chase the suspect. Does that make the chase illegal? We donβt know. We want a principle that establishes the following:
If police chase someone without reasonable suspicion that the person committed or is committing a criminal act, then that chase is illegal.
Which one of the following βββββββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββ βββββ ββ βββββββ βββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββ βββ βββββββββββββ
Flight from the ββββββ βββββ ββββββ β ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ β ββββββββ βββ ββ ββββ ββ βββββ βββββββββββ βββββββ βββ βββββββββ
People can legally ββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ ββββ ββββ βββββ ββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββ ββ β ββββββββ βββ ββ βββ βββββ
Police can legally ββββ βββββ ββ β ββββββ ββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββ ββββ βββββββ β ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ β ββββββββ ββββ
Flight from the ββββββ ββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ ββββββββββ β ββββββββ ββββ
In all cases ββ βββββ β ββββββββ βββββββ ββββ βββββββ β ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ β ββββββββ ββββ ββββββ βββ βββββββ ββββ βββββ ββ ββββ βββββββ