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Criminal

Oct. 8, 2009

Privacy in the Sanctity of Your Home

Frank Loo of the San Bernardino Public Defender's Office says People v. Strider upholds privacy rights for gang members in possession of guns.

CRIMINAL

By Frank Loo

The Fourth Amendment guarantees the right to be free of unreasonable searches by police. However, an officer may stop and briefly detain persons for investigative purposes where this is a reasonable suspicion supported by articulable facts that criminal activity involving the person is afoot. The officer need not have probable cause to arrest.

Searches and seizures inside the home are presumptively unreasonable. There are ...

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