Does the Fourth Amendment apply to the conduct of a Page 5 Defendant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Closs, F072418 (Cal. App. 2017):
"The Fourth Amendment . . . applies to governmental action. Its origin and history clearly show that it was intended as a restraint upon the activities of sovereign authority, and was not intended to be a limitation upon other than governmental agencies . . . ." (Burdeau v. McDowell (1921) 256 U.S. 465, 475.) Thus, "[t]he conduct of a
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