Can a federal search warrant be used to suppress evidence of illegal drugs seized during a search?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Castro, H034499, H036249 (Cal. App. 2011):

Like the case of People v. Wade (1989) 208 Cal.App.3d 304 (Wade), "[t]he body search was brief, nonviolent, minimally intrusive, and not conducted in a grossly offensive manner. . . . When the relatively mild intrusion is balanced against the public's strong interest in combating narcotics use and the fact the contraband was visible and retrieved without actual physical invasion of a body cavity, it is clear that federal law would not require suppression of the evidence." (Id. at p. 309.)

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