The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. The Fourth Amendment is a personal right.It belongs to each person in the United States. The Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless seizure of evidence of a crime in plain view, even if the discovery of evidence was not inadvertent. The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution bars unlawful searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment prohibits stopfirst, justifylater policing. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects against arbitrary searches and seizures of people and their property, even in this expanded border area. The headings to the individual sections of the Texas Constitution are, with a few exceptions, unofficial and have been added for the convenience of the reader. (11) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio;. Citizens may not be tried on the same set of facts twice and are protected from self-incrimination (the right to remain silent).