Why is it legal to search your bags without a warrant?
Why is it legal to search your bags without a warrant?
The Fourth Amendment Usually Requires a Warrant. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects the right of the people to be secure against “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Generally speaking, that means that neither federal nor state officials can search you, your clothing, your bags, your house, your car–and so on–unless they have…
Can a police officer search a roommate’s bag?
Even if a roommate consents, the police cannot search a closed bag or suitcase of another occupant unless the consenting roommate has access to that item as well.
When is consent to search not given by the suspect?
Additional issues arise in determining the validity of consent to search when consent is given not by the suspect, but by a third party.
Do you have the right to search an employee’s purse?
A public employer also has the right to search an employee’s purse or bag. However, the right to search will be construed under the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Why was officer Colombo allowed to search my purse?
Officer Colombo opens the purse, finds drugs inside, and places the purse’s owner under arrest. The arrest and drug seizure were valid. Because Officer Colombo had the right to search the car for drugs, he also had the right to search items belonging to passengers that could reasonably contain drugs. ( Wyoming v. Houghton, 526 U.S. 295 (1999).)
The Fourth Amendment Usually Requires a Warrant. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects the right of the people to be secure against “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Generally speaking, that means that neither federal nor state officials can search you, your clothing, your bags, your house, your car–and so on–unless they have…
Even if a roommate consents, the police cannot search a closed bag or suitcase of another occupant unless the consenting roommate has access to that item as well.
When does a person give consent to a search?
Florida v. Jimeno, 500 US 248 (1991)-When a person gives a general consent to search of his vehicle for drugs, the officer is not required to get separate consent for each container found that could hold the object of the search. Ohio v.