The Sheriff's Department has information to believe that illegal automatic weapons are being hidden in a garage on Mary Halberst
am's property. The information was obtained from a confidential informant who specified that the illegal weapons were assault rifles and that Mary has secured ammunition for the weapons in hopes of arming her friends against a looming government conspiracy. The Sheriff's Department has a list of weapons that had been reported as stolen from a local gun store and the confidential informant confirmed those were the same weapons he had seen on Mary's property. Theinformant made a sworn statement in the form of affidavit that was presented to a judge,who issued a search warrant for "any and all illegal items" in the home and garage of Mary, listing her proper address. The Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at Mary's home by forcing open her front door without knocking or announcing their presence and discovered the illegal weapons that matched the inventory from the Army Depot in her home and the garage.Mary challenges the search warrant as unconstitutional. She may succeed because: a. the evidence presented to the magistrate did not amount to probable cause.
b. only the United States Army had authorization to investigate the case.
c. the search warrant did not adequately describe the things to be seized.
d. the affidavit was based on the word of a confidential informant.
In the shooting scene, you'd be able to collect the shell of the bullet and that would be one step to find out what type of gun the perpetrator used. You could go through nearby stores and look through their CCTV camera and find out what kind of car it was and maybe even catch a glimpse of the perpetrators face. However if the shooting was in a residential area you could go door to door looking for witnesses. To see if anybody heard or saw anything.
b. Prosecutors need to watch the details guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, such as ensuring a speedy trial, impartial jury, informed of accusation, etc.
