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...Supreme Court majority said yes, householders can be prosecuted for rebuffing a common kind of warrantless search: routine checks by fire, health, housing or other administrative inspectors. Last week the 1959 majority became the minority as six Justices said no, inspectors must get search warrants when Americans balk at letting their homes or businesses be checked. In one case, San Francisco Bookstore Owner Roland Camara had admittedly violated the city housing code by living in the rear of his store. In 1963, Camara was arrested for refusing to let a housing inspector see the premises without a warrant; last week...
Discounting any such disaster, Justice White pointed out that warrantless searches will still be permitted in emergencies, such as the control of fire or disease, and that red tape may be slight because "most citizens allow inspections of their property without a warrant." As White sees it, the effect will be far more constitutional than chaotic...
...Puerto Rican moonshiner. Without a warrant, federal agents had invaded his apartment, found 500 Ibs. of fermenting mash, and then nabbed him outside in a car crammed with sugar. After plumbing assorted precedents, the students informed the defender that the agents indeed had "probable cause" for the warrantless invasion: the mash smell was detected by their own trained noses. Such experiences have persuaded Gabriel to become a prosecutor, Shapiro a criminal lawyer...
...that released their client because no formal charges had been filed against him. City Manager Frank H. Wharton announced that Miami would adopt Chicago's policy and arrest Capone on sight until he left town. Federal District Judge Halsted L. Ritter who had granted Capone an injunction against warrantless arrest by Florida sheriffs refused to broaden his order to include the Miami police. But Capone was temporarily free to fight the city's padlock petition against his Palm Island home...