Warrantless home searches
Nearly all searches of the home are executed with a warrant
by officials, without one they can not come into your home unless given consent
or the officers are trying to apprehend a felon that flees into your home. If
neither of these is evident, officials must present evidence of probable cause
of an illegal act to obtain a warrant from a magistrate. When given a warrant,
the officers may enter the home and conduct a search of the specific illegal
act the person or people were believed to be committing inside the home. Entry
of a home without a warrant is prohibited under the Fourth Amendment.
In the appeal case COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. DENNIS D. ROLAND, Appellant.
Dennis D. Roland was convicted of providing liquor or malt or brewed beverages
to minors, possession of a small amount of marijuana, and possession of drug
paraphernalia. A fine of $ 250.00 and lawyer fees were enforced….
