Criminal
Jan. 3, 2002
Probation Searches
Forum Column by Shawn J. Nelson - Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality of searches of adult probationers in California. The high court addressed a troublesome gap in which California police officers may search, without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, a probationer for evidence of a new crime and use that evidence to convict the defendant in state court, yet this conduct opens the officers up to a federal court suit for a constitutional rights' violation.
By Shawn J. Nelson
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality of searches of adult probationers in California. The high court addressed a troublesome gap in which California police officers may search, without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, a probationer for evidence of a new crime and use that evidence to convict the defendant in state cou...
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality of searches of adult probationers in California. The high court addressed a troublesome gap in which California police officers may search, without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, a probationer for evidence of a new crime and use that evidence to convict the defendant in state cou...