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Brendlin v. California | United States Courts.
Probable Cause and Search Warrants Law enforcement must reasonably believe that a crime has been committed or that evidence of a crime will be found in the location to be searched. This probable cause is often established through a judge issuing a search warrant.
In a 7-1 decision written by Justice Potter Stewart, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Katz. The Court held that the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places, and that Katz had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his phone conversations, even though he was in a public phone booth.
Law enforcement is allowed to search a vehicle without a warrant under specific circumstances. These include having the owner's consent, probable cause to believe it contains evidence of a crime, conducting a search incident to a lawful arrest, or performing an inventory of an impounded vehicle.
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures. Generally, evidence found through an unlawful search cannot be used in a criminal proceeding.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things ...
The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to every governmental search. If the person searched did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the place the government searches (or the item the government seizes), there is no Fourth Amendment violation.
To claim a violation of Fourth Amendment rights as the basis for suppressing relevant evidence, courts have long required that the claimant must prove that they were the victim of an invasion of privacy to have a valid standing.
What this means: The amendment may be proposed in either the Senate or Assembly. The Amendment must be passed, by majority vote, in both legislative houses (Senate and Assembly). If such majority vote in both houses is secured, the amendment is then put before the next duly elected legislature for consideration.
The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The Fourth Amendment, however, is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures, but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law.