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Warrantless Searches: Exception for Parolees

By Baker Associates

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As discussed in our last blog, searches of persons, residences, or automobiles without probable cause or consent are presumed unlawful unless an exception is met. In a 2009 case styled State v. Turner, the Tennessee Supreme Court was asked to decide if a search of a parolee?s home without consent or probable cause was nevertheless a legal search due to the fact that the parolee had agreed to warrantless searches as a condition of her parole. The defendant in Turner had been convicted of multiple felonies in Kentucky in 2002. She was paroled in 2005 and allowed to move to Tennessee. However, as a condition of her parole supervision being transferred to Tennessee, the defendant agreed to warrantless searches of her person, property, vehicle, or residence by any law enforcement officer at any time...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on December 31, 2009 (boomark / email).

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