quote:
Originally posted by barksdale.jeff:
quote:
Just because you get pulled over for speeding, does that give them the right for an officer to search your vehicle, or do they have to have probable clause to do so????? Can you tell them to obtain a search warrant to do so??? Or can you sue an officer for violating your rights...
Wow......
it always amazes me that there are people like this out there driving around.
How about first off dont have anything in your car that would get you arrested or give the office cause to search you car.
second....how would he have violated your rights?
It seems to me that the people who have the most trouble with police are the criminals!!!
As law guy explains below:
"Police must have probable cause or consent to do a full vehicle search. There are some situations that will allow a limited search for weapons."
Whether you are in your car, or your home, or just walking along the street, you have a Constitutional right against "unreasonable search or seizure." That is just the way it is, bub. Probable cause must be proven in order for any evidence seized from any person to be used in a court of law against that person. That is just the way it is, bub, and the way it should be. You hard-core, self-anointed "law and order" types do not make the rules. Your personal perceptions ("It seems to me that the people who have the most trouble with police are the criminals!!") are decidedly NOT the Constitution, thank God!