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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Retention of Defendant’s ID Card Constitutes ‘Seizure’ for Fourth Amendment Purposes
Loaded on March 18, 2020
by Dale Chappell
published in Criminal Legal News
April, 2020, page 36
Filed under:
Fourth Amendment, rights.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
by Dale Chappell
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held on January 22, 2020, that the retention of a person’s identification card by law enforcement constituted a “seizure” under the U.S. Constitution, triggering the protections of the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable seizures.
The case came before the Court after Harold ...
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