There is a whole list of exceptions to needing a search warrant. This means that if they can prove that the search fit into one of the exclusions then the search is lawful. Some of the exceptions are in plain sight so if they can see it even if its when you open your door. Another is abandoned property. There is also immediate danger to society and yourself. There are also different rules for searches of car in traffic stops.
(in the US) As much as some activist parties would like you to believe they are - they are NOT. The chief reason being that anything discovered during a warrantless search is not admissible in court and is therefore worthless as evidence.
Warrantless searches can be performed when consent is given or there are exigent circumstances. An exigent circumstance is if the police feel that someone's safety is at risk or criminal activity is ongoing. Two other conditions are the plain view doctrine and incidental searches.
United States, 267 U.S. 132 (1925), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that upheld the warrantless searches of an automobile, which is known as the automobile exception. The case has also been cited as widening the scope of warrantless search.
Government interests are greater than the need to keep certain information private
To protect its citizens from terrorist attacks
In the California vs. Greenwood case, the Supreme Court ruled that warrantless searches and seizures of garbage left outside a person's home are legal. This means that law enforcement can search through someone's trash without a warrant because there is no expectation of privacy once the garbage is placed outside for collection.
the 1978 supreme court case that related to the impropriety of the warrantless collection of physical evidence at a homicide scene is ?
In the 1988 Supreme Court case California vs. Greenwood, the court ruled that the Fourth Amendment does not protect against warrantless searches of garbage left outside of a home. This decision established that individuals have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their discarded trash, allowing law enforcement to search it without a warrant.
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Miranda v. Arizona
The judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court created an exception to the exclusionary rule for searches conducted by school administrators.