Fourth Amendment in Action - An Empirical View of the Search Warrant Process

• NCJ Number: 102642
• Journal: Criminal Law Bulletin Volume: 22 Issue: 5 Dated: (September-October 1986) Pages: 405-429
• Author(s): P Sutton
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 25 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

There is the fourth amendment of ringing, libertarian terms; and then there is the fourth amendment in action.

Abstract

As the title suggests, this is search and seizure in action and the action is not always pretty or libertarian. The material for this article was gathered when the author was employed by the National Center for State Courts and is a fascinating picture of prosecutors, police, and judges in the quest for evidence. Although the Center made the author's research possible, it is, of course, in no way responsible for the author's conclusions in this article. (Publisher abstract)