Does a search warrant need to be obtained before a search can be carried out on a house?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dowell v. Griffin, Civil No. 09-2576 DMS (MDD) (S.D. Cal. 2011):
home contained evidence of crime, they still required a warrant before searching it. "It is settled doctrine that probable cause for belief that certain articles subject to seizure are in a dwelling cannot of itself justify a search without a warrant." Jones v. United States, 357 U.S. 493, 497-98 (1958) (citations omitted).
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