Can a search warrant be used to search a person's home?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Jones, [2017] 2 SCR 696, 2017 SCC 60 (CanLII):
Warrantless searches are presumed unreasonable in the absence of exigent circumstances (see Hunter v. Southam Inc., 1984 CanLII 33 (SCC), [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145).
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