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Constitutional Law

Mar. 7, 2003

Circuit Grants Protection to Parolees From Some Searches

SAN FRANCISCO - Police must have a "reasonable suspicion" of criminal activity to justify the warrantless search of a parolee's home even though his Fourth Amendment rights are severely curtailed, a federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Police must have a "reasonable suspicion" of criminal activity to justify the warrantless search of a parolee's home even though his Fourth Amendment rights are severely curtailed, a federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday.
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