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  2. Smith v. Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979), was a Supreme Court case holding that the installation and use of a pen register by the police to obtain information on a suspect's telephone calls was not a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and hence no search warrant was required.

  3. Detention (confinement) - Wikipedia

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    However, on 17 June 2022, the Law Partially Amending the Penal Code (Law No. 67 of 2022) was promulgated, which newly stipulates in paragraph 2 that ‘Persons sentenced to detention may be allowed to perform necessary work or receive necessary guidance in order to improve and rehabilitate them.’ The law clearly stipulates that. [16]

  4. Criminal law of Australia - Wikipedia

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    In some Australian states, the common law criminal system is still in force, albeit modulated by legislation and subsequent development by Australian courts. In others, the criminal law has been wholly codified. These two types of criminal law systems are generally referred to as 'code jurisdictions' or 'common law jurisdictions' respectively.

  5. English criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Together with an actus reus, mens rea forms the bedrock of criminal law, although strict liability offenses have encroached on this notion. A guilty mind means intending to do that which harms someone. Intention under criminal law is separate from a person's motive. R v Mohan [1975] 2 All ER 193, intention defined as "a decision to bring about...

  6. Criminal law of Canada - Wikipedia

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    This partial defence is provided by s. 232 of the Criminal Code. Some defences are provided for by statute and some defences are provided for solely by the common law. In some cases common law defences are superseded by statutory enactment, for example duress, self-defence and as mentioned above, extreme intoxication.

  7. Gun laws in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.

  8. Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 - Wikipedia

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    The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c.69), or "An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes," [1] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the latest in a 25-year series of legislation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland beginning with the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

  9. Gun laws in New York - Wikipedia

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    The law is extremely vague on open carry. Open carry in public is not legal in most instances. While no law specifically bans open carry, a license to carry is issued to carry concealed as per penal law 400. Therefore, pistol permit holders must carry concealed. Open carry is permitted while hunting and possibly on one's own property.