Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Unreasonable search and seizure

Rather than getting arrest and search warrants, for which there was sufficient grounds, police drove to the suspect's house from the station, told the suspect that his wife was injured in a car accident, and then arrested him after they were let in the house. Having removed him from the house, they then searched it for guns and drugs.

This is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment? According to the Seventh Circuit, it is.