Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants

Posted on March 29, 2004 by Ampersand
NEW ORLEANS — It’s a groundbreaking court decision that legal experts say will affect everyone: Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business.

Oy. (Thanks to “alas” reader and housemate Kim)..

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2 Responses to Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants

  1. arbitraryaardvark says:
    April 3, 2004 at 11:13 am

    nothing new about consent searches.
    bad link to the case so i’m going by what’s in the article.
    here, the guy signed away his rights. will you?

  2. lucia says:
    April 3, 2004 at 11:49 am

    I had read this article earlier this week.

    According to the article I read (which I did not bookmark)

    * the police were given permission to enter the house and search for the defendant. The article didn’t identify the person who gave them permission to search. However, that person told the police that the man was taking a nap in his bedroom.

    * the man was not in bed. So, the police looked for him in the closet. They found guns. (This was a parole violation.)

    * the police continued to search for the man, and found him in the yard.

    * after they found the defendant, he signed the papers authorizing them to search his house.

    I have no idea why the defendant would sign papers authorizing a search knowing the he had concealed guns in his closet and knowing that was a parole violation.

    However, the main thing I wondered: Why didn’t the news article identify who gave permission to search the place? A person who shared use and ownership of the closet? A landlord? A babysitter?

    Or is this question irrelevant to the decision?
    Does anyone know who the person was, and whether or not their identity is relevant to the legal decision?

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