Willis V. Iowa

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
02/13/2011	Robbery	Bob Willis goes into his neighbors house and steals his red Audi. the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Turner have gone out of town.
02/16/2011	Realization	Neighbors come back home and immediately call the cops since car is missing,
02/16/2011	investigation	After the cops leave their house, they go and try to figure out what happened to the car. They find out from neighbors that they saw Bob with the car driving around thinking he bought the car.
02/16/2011	warrant	The cops who are investigating want to go search his garage to see if that is where the car is at, they get a warrant and head to bobs house. Because of Mapp V. Ohio, the cops are required to get a search warrant before they go into ones house.
02/17/2011	Rights	The cops go to Bobs house in the morning,show him the warrant then they go to the garage, they find the red audi and then they arrest bob, they inform him of his right while arresting him. After Miranda V. Arizona, the cops HAVE to read him his rights because that case made it illegal for cops NOT to inform a person of their rights.
02/18/2011	Awaiting Trial	Bob Willis is taken to the county jail. He has spent the night there and he is awaiting his trial.
02/20/2011	Bail	Bob Willis is released from jail, he is given a bail of 5 thousand dollars and is given a later court date to return to. His bail is NOT excessive as it says it should not be in th 8th amendment.
03/20/2011	trial	Bobs case is finally on trial, the cops have presented their findings.Mr.and Mrs. Turner are questioned, and other witnesses are called up to be questioned as well
03/20/2011	Verdict	The jury, which was choosen during jury selection,use a unanimous decision and decide that Bob Willis is guilty
03/20/2011	sentencing	After hearing both sides and the jurys decision, the judge sentences Bob Willis to five years in prison.