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Strip Search Jury Instruction Held Invalid; New Trial Ordered

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Jury Instructions, New Trial Motions. Location: Maine.

by Bob Williams

Finding the jury instruction definition of strip search" too narrow, the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a jury's
finding that a state jail prisoner's strip search was not unconstitutional.
Geoffrey Wood was arrested twice on misdemeanor charges in 2001. Each time
he …

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