Can CT police trump the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution when spotting a van in a no-parking place by entering it, rummaging through glove box to find registration, issuing a $75 parking violation citation and leaving ticket and registration on dashboard inside car?
Isn't an automobile an extension of one's domicile to some degree requiring probable cause before the police may enter? Or is a car seen as some sort of public conveyance operating with state permissions on public property with fewer rights than a home, with regard to entering it without permission, knowledge of owner, court warrant, or probable cause?
If CT law does allow this behavior, isn't such a law pushing at the limits of the US Constitution's 4th Amendment.
Would appreciate only knowledgeable respondents, please.
Thanks,
Jack
2006-12-11
04:18:58
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