What is the current state of the law on searches conducted without a warrant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Tang, D067905 (Cal. App. 2016):
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution bans all unreasonable searches and seizures. (People v. Jenkins (2000) 22 Cal.4th 900, 971.) Searches conducted without a warrant are per se unreasonable unless an exception applies. (Gant, supra, 556 U.S. at p. 338.) The exception relevant heresearch incident to a lawful
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