The Fourth Amendment as a Device for Protecting the Innocent

Authors

Arnold H. Loewy, University of North Carolina School of Law

Abstract

Part I of this Article establishes that the government has a right to search for and seize evidence of crime. Part II develops the corollary proposition that the fourth amendment does not protect the right to secrete evidence of crime. Part III explores the impact of the reasonable expectation of privacy concept on the innocent. Part IV evaluates consent searches and their effect on the innocent. Finally, Part V considers the exclusionary rule as a device for protecting the innocent.

Recommended Citation

Arnold H. Loewy, The Fourth Amendment as a Device for Protecting the Innocent, 81 Mich. L. Rev. 1229 (1983).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol81/iss5/2