The Guide to Unreasonable Search and Seizure
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects against unreasonable government searches and seizures. If the police violate your Fourth Amendment rights while investigating or arresting you, you may be able to have illegally-obtained evidence excluded from court. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMyIRwZPmiw What is the definition of search and seizure? A search is defined as any time an agent of the government interferes with an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy, generally by searching their property, body, or home. A seizure can refer to either the seizure of a person or a seizure of property. A seizure of a person is defined as when a police officer’s conduct would communicate to a reasonable person that they are not free to leave. For a person to be seized, the police officer must show authority through handcuffs, physical contact, a firearm, or verbal command, and the person must submit to that authority. A seizure of property is defined as when a government actor meaningfully interferes with a person’s possessory interest in their property. What is unreasonable search and seizure? Reasonableness is considered to be the primary test of whether a search or seizure is constitutional. If a search or seizure is conducted without a warrant, it…