High-tech surveillance tools and the fourth amendment: Reasonable expectations of privacy in the technological age

From: The American Criminal Law Review | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees "[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures."1 This Note explores the scope of that right, particularly the various methods that have been used to determine at what point the right attaches, or when a search has occurred. It focuses in particular on the courts' response to developments in surveillance technology used by law-enforcement agencies to combat the proliferation of illegal drugs. Such technologies have presented a challenge to ...

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