Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 1, 2006
State Court Reverses Itself on Juveniles
Overturning its own highly controversial 1994 decision on warrantless police searches, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an otherwise illegal search of a juvenile cannot be justified after the fact when officers later discover that the suspect is on probation.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Overturning its own highly controversial 1994 decision on warrantless police searches, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an otherwise illegal search of a juvenile cannot be justified after the fact when officers later discover that the suspect is on probation.
By a 6-1 vote, the state court said it was convinced by s...
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