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Unless You Object to the Police Searching Your Home Now, You May Not Be Able to Complain Later

By Ron Chapman

          Wayne R. Lafave, a noted criminal-law scholar, has said that "there is no dispute that [police searches based upon consent] affect tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people every year."  That being the case, it is not surprising that the United States Supreme Court has, over the years, addressed the lawfulness of particular searches by the police that were based upon consent.  Several of those opinions dealt in particular with searches of homes.           The High Court has consistently said that our homes are entitled to special constitutional protection because they are the center of our private lives...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on February 13, 2009 (boomark / email).