In the aftermath of Hickey, the legislature amended CPL 690.35 in 1992 to broaden the choice of courts empowered to issue search warrants (L 1992, ch 815, 816). What are your Fourth Amendment rights?General Forms ; GF-2. Summons. Here are five tips for writing a search warrant that officers should consider when it comes time to put pen to paper. The Fourth Amendment requires the government to obtain a warrant based on probable cause to conduct a legal search and seizure. The exclusionary rule prohibits the government from using illegally obtained evidence to prove a criminal defendant's guilt. Federal judge finds a phone search without a warrant is illegal. At U.S. ports of entry in the NY Eastern District, this is now in effect. The Court of Appeals held that subject to narrow exceptions, a warrantless search of an individual's home is per se unreasonable and unconstitutional. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures.