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13 Loy. L.A. Ent. L.J. 499 (1992-1993)
Columbo Goes to Law School: Or, Some Thoughts on the Uses of Television in the Teaching of Law

handle is hein.journals/laent13 and id is 511 raw text is: COLUMBO GOES TO LAW SCHOOL:
OR, SOME THOUGHTS ON THE USES OF
TELEVISION IN THE TEACHING OF LAW
Christine Alice Corcos
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION .................................... 500
II. WHY COLUMBO? .................................. 503
A. Columbo As A Paradigm      ........................ 503
B. America's Discovery of Columbo ................... 506
C. Columbo As A Law Teacher ...................... 508
III. COLUMBO AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ................. 510
A. The Search Warrant ............................ 510
1. When Columbo's Suspicions Are Warranted ........ 511
2. The Illegally Obtained Warrant ................. 514
B. Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement .............. 515
1. Warrantless Searches of Nonpublic Areas .......... 515
2. The Independent Source Exception    .............. 517
3. Searches Incident to Arrest .................... 518
4. Evidence Held By Third Parties ................ 519
5. The Plain View Exception    .................... 521
a. Warrantless Searches Conducted With Permission. 521
b. Warrantless Searches Facilitated by Third Parties . 524
* Instructor in Law, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Law School; B.A., M.A.
Michigan State University, A.M.L.S. University of Michigan, J.D. CWRU Law School; member
of the Ohio Bar. I would like to thank the following persons for reading the manuscript and
making valuable suggestions: Elizabeth Armitage, CWRU Library; Kathleen M. Carrick,
Associate Professor of Law, Jonathan Entin, Professor of Law, JoAnne Jackson, Associate Dean,
Erik Jensen, Professor of Law, Judith Kaul, Forrest Norman ('92), and Jennifer Russell, Assistant
Professor of Law, all of CWRU Law School; Thomas Nazario, Professor of Law and Robert
Talbot, Associate Professor of Law, University of San Francisco Law School. Lewis Katz,
Professor of Law, CWRU Law School, looked over the manuscript in preparation for the author's
guest lecture in his criminal procedure class. Deborah Dennison, Interlibrary Loan/Reference
Librarian and Lisa Peters (Georgetown '89) of the CWRU Law Library staff cheerfully provided
assistance, even when confronted with just one more thing.

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