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In Washington State, a Man’s Home Is No Longer His Castle

Loaded on April 12, 2019 by Edward Lyon published in Criminal Legal News May, 2019, page 38
Filed under: Searches, Search warrants, Fourth Amendment, rights. Location: Washington.

by Ed Lyon 

Most Americans are familiar with the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees them security in their persons and homes from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Perhaps this is where the axiom that a man’s home is his castle originated, or maybe it …

 

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