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Qualified Immunity Granted for Warrantless Parole Search
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2004, page 35
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that parole officers' warrantless entry into a homeowner's residence was per se unreasonable and violated the homeowner's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches. The court further held, however, that the officers were entitled, under the "special needs" doctrine and state ...
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