{"id":3762,"date":"2021-05-17T07:58:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2021-05-17T07:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:59:12","slug":"supreme-court-limits-caretaking-searches-and-seizures-in-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3762","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Limits &#8220;Caretaking&#8221; Searches and Seizures in Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court today decided <em>Caniglia<\/em> v. <em>Strom<\/em>, No. 20-157:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Decades ago, this Court held that a warrantless search of an impounded vehicle for an unsecured firearm did not violate the Fourth Amendment. <em>Cady<\/em> v. <em>Dombrowski<\/em>, 413 U. S. 433 (1973). In reaching this conclusion, the Court observed that police officers who patrol the \u201cpublic highways\u201d are often called to discharge noncriminal \u201ccommunity care-taking functions,\u201d such as responding to disabled vehicles or investigating accidents. Id., at 441. The question today is whether <em>Cady<\/em>\u2019s acknowledgment of these \u201ccaretaking\u201d duties creates a standalone doctrine that justifies warrantless searches and seizures in the home. It does not.<!--more--><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Justice Thomas wrote the unanimous opinion of the Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court today decided Caniglia v. Strom, No. 20-157: Decades ago, this Court held that a warrantless search of an impounded vehicle for an unsecured firearm did not violate the Fourth Amendment. Cady v. Dombrowski, 413 U. S. 433 (1973). In reaching this conclusion, the Court observed that police officers who patrol the \u201cpublic highways\u201d are often called to discharge noncriminal \u201ccommunity care-taking functions,\u201d such as responding to disabled vehicles or investigating accidents. Id., at 441. The question today is whether Cady\u2019s acknowledgment of these \u201ccaretaking\u201d duties creates a standalone doctrine that justifies warrantless searches and seizures in the home. It does not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-search-and-seizure","category-u-s-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Court Limits &quot;Caretaking&quot; Searches and Seizures in Home - Crime &amp; Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3762\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court Limits &quot;Caretaking&quot; Searches and Seizures in Home - Crime &amp; Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. Supreme Court today decided Caniglia v. 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