CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - COURT-ORDERED, SURGICAL REMOVAL OF BULLET FROM ACCUSED IS NOT UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE UNDER THE 4TH AMENDMENT WHERE LEGAL AND MEDICAL SAFEGUARDS PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PROTECTION

• NCJ Number: 39593
• Journal: Temple Law Quarterly Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Dated: (1976) Pages: 164-176
• Author(s): L R BARRON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: Temple University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ARTICLE DISCUSSES AN APPELLATE COURT RULING ON FOURTH AMENDMENT PROVISIONS AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE IN RELATION TO A COURT-ORDERED BODILY INTRUSION CASE.

Abstract

IN UNITED STATES V. CROWDER, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPELLATE COURT RULED THAT REMOVAL OF A POSSIBLY INCRIMINATING BULLET FROM A SUSPECT'S ARM COULD NOT BE PREVENTED BY CITING AMENDMENT SAFEGUARDS. THE CASE INVOLVED A WOUNDED ROBERY AND MURDER SUSPECT WHO WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT IN THE ARM BY THE VICTIM BEFORE HE DIED. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE RELEVANT CASE LAW TO FIND A PRECEDENT IN THE APPELLATE COURT'S DECISION....BS