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Search incident to a lawful arrest, commonly known as search incident to arrest (SITA) or the Chimel rule (from Chimel v.California), is a U.S. legal principle that allows police to perform a warrantless search of an arrested person, and the area within the arrestee’s immediate control, in the interest of officer safety, the prevention of escape, and the preservation of evidence.
The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights.It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements for issuing warrants: warrants must be issued by a judge or magistrate, justified by probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and must particularly describe the place to be ...
Getting a search warrant is a process that begins in a police department with an application and ends with a specific and restricted list of items allowed to be seized at a given premises.
Some attorneys and civil liberties advocates emphasize that in an illegal search, even if cops acted in good faith with a warrant, the result is the same: someone’s rights are violated.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2014 on whether a person’s cellphone can be searched by police officers without a warrant. Missouri and Kansas also have there own laws. Here’s what they say.
Under Section 18(5)a of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, a constable can conduct a search immediately without an inspector's authorisation. This subsection allows a constable to search the home of a suspect(s) under arrest in their presence before they take the suspect to a police station (or other custody location).
The Fourth Amendment prohibits “unreasonable search and seizure,” which means police cannot search a person or their property without a warrant or probable cause.