Blog Posts in Search & Seizure

The Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments require law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before it conducts a search. This includes the person, their property, and residence. This is critical in a ...

Law enforcement and citizen interactions occur on a daily basis. If those interactions involve a search or seizure of property, the general rule is that a warrant is required. Law enforcement will not ...

Consent within the criminal justice system allows law enforcement to search with or without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. For consent to be lawful the person must be authorized to give ...

Oftentimes, law enforcement will conduct a search of a person, their property, or residence without a warrant. A search without a warrant is presumptively illegal. To obtain a search warrant, law ...