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...strengthen their case, prosecutors are sifting through documents seized by U.S. troops who invaded Noriega's Panama headquarters. Noriega's attorneys are likely to claim that the military's warrantless search makes the evidence inadmissible in court. Few legal observers expect that objection to hamper the prosecution; American constitutional safeguards usually apply only within the nation's borders...
They said the "warrantless, suspicionlessseizure" of a vehicle at a sobriety checkpointcould lead to drivers and passengers beingrequired to get out and being subjected to patdownsearches. They said police officers may use suchoccasions to inspect a vehicle's contents...
...Supreme Court opens the household trash bag to warrantless police searches. -- And the Justices give doctors the antitrust jitters...
...uncovered a rich nest of drug-related paraphernalia: razor blades, straws containing cocaine residue, and phone bills listing calls to people with drug records. Based on this evidence, the police obtained a warrant to search the house, found cocaine and hashish inside, and arrested Greenwood. He protested the original warrantless investigation of his trash bags, claiming it violated the Fourth Amendment ban against unreasonable searches and seizures. Two California courts agreed with Greenwood, but last week the highest court resoundingly rejected his argument...
...Senate measure also does not include a weakening of the exclusionary rule, which keeps illegally seized evidence out of court. The House bill would allow admission of such evidence in warrantless searches, provided federal officers acted in good faith. The Supreme Court already has made a "good faith" exemption in cases where warrants were obtained...