Podcast Episode 156: Listen and Learn — The Fourth Amendment: Informer Tips

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we’re focusing on Criminal Procedure, specifically the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution and the limits it imposes on police actions based on tips from anonymous informants. We previously discussed other aspects of the Fourth Amendment in episode 141 of the podcast.

In this episode we discuss:

• A review of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
• Determining when probable cause arises for an arrest, search, or seizure
• How is a “totality of the circumstances” analysis performed?
• Going through two hypos, from the February 2004 and July 2021 California bar exams
• How to structure an answer to an essay question involving anonymous informant tips

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Resources:

• “Listen and Learn” series
• Private Bar Exam Tutoring
• The Brainy Bar Bank: Streamlining Bar Study
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2004
• Podcast Episode 141: Listen and Learn – The Fourth Amendment
• Podcast Episode 154: Listen and Learn – The Exclusionary Rule (Criminal Law and Procedure)

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