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  • Essay / Police Discretion - 897

    Our text states that minors are protected against unreasonable searches and seizures and must be presented with a valid search warrant unless they have waived this right, that they have consented to their person or property being searched, or have been caught in the act. If these conditions are not met, the courts will annul the decisions rendered against the minor. The text gives the example of a police check; a police officer has the right to stop a young person in the street and ask him questions, but the minor is not legally obligated to stop or answer the police officers' questions if he does not want to answer, and can leave if he