Ka-Rip blows the case with an illegal search of a suspect’s car!
R.J. is the acting sheriff. Rip is acting as R.J.’s proxy. Accordingly, Rip is required to follow the same rules as R.J., which prohibit warrant-less searches of private property. The remedy is the exclusion at trial of any evidence uncovered in the illegal search.
If this was not the case, every police department would have a goon squad of private citizens doing the dirty work for them.
Ka-Rip blows the case with an illegal search of a suspect’s car!
R.J. is the acting sheriff. Rip is acting as R.J.’s proxy. Accordingly, Rip is required to follow the same rules as R.J., which prohibit warrant-less searches of private property. The remedy is the exclusion at trial of any evidence uncovered in the illegal search.
If this was not the case, every police department would have a goon squad of private citizens doing the dirty work for them.