What is the current state of the law in the context of the Fourth Amendment?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Frank, 214 Cal.Rptr. 801, 38 Cal.3d 711, 700 P.2d 415 (Cal. 1985):

As has been more recently noted, "the particularity command of the fourth amendment, along with probable cause, is the only protection a citizen now has against a general search of his private papers." (United States v. Abrams (1st Cir.1980) 615 F.2d 541, 547.)

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