This form is a Complaint. This action was filed by the plaintiff due to a strip search which was conducted upon his/her person after an arrest. The plaintiff requests that he/she be awarded compensatory damages and punitive damages for the alleged violation of his/her constitutional rights.
Search Amendment Without Warrant In Wake
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The Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant in order to conduct searches or seizures that infringe a reasonable expectation of privacy. These warrants may only be issued upon probable cause and must describe the parameters of the search with particularity.
Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement These include: Exigent circumstances. Plain view. Search incident to arrest.
Both controversies led to the famous notion that a person's home is their castle, not easily invaded by the government. Today the Fourth Amendment is understood as placing restraints on the government any time it detains (seizes) or searches a person or property.
But again, under the 4th Amendment the operative word is always reasonableness. Consent is a reasonable exception to the warrant requirement. With voluntary consent from someone who has actual or apparent authority over the place to be searched, agents do not need probable cause or a warrant.
Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement Exigent circumstances. Plain view. Search incident to arrest. Consent.
Today the Fourth Amendment is understood as placing restraints on the government any time it detains (seizes) or searches a person or property.
Since 1980, courts have determined that requirements related to video surveillance go beyond the traditional Fourth Amendment warrant requirements and have fashioned additional requirements for both acquiring and executing a search warrant authorizing television-assisted surveillance.
If the court finds that a search was conducted in violation of the Fourth Amendment, it will exclude any evidence found from the suspect's criminal case. The exclusionary rule states that the courts will exclude or prevent evidence obtained from an unreasonable search and seizure from a criminal defendant's trial.
If there is a reasonable expectation of privacy and there is not probable cause, a search warrant is required. However, if probable cause does occur, such as a suspect runs away, a gunshot is heard from another room in a home, or even when an individual makes a sudden movement, a search becomes legal without a warrant.