Does a search warrant need to specify specific items to be seized?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sangha, 930 F.2d 30 (9th Cir. 1991):
Sangha contends that the officers' search warrant did not describe with sufficient particularity the items to be searched and seized from his home. Whether a search warrant describes with particularity the items to be seized is reviewed de novo. United States v. Rabe, 848 F.2d 994, 997 (9th Cir.1988).
The search warrant authorized the seizure of the following items:
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