California's Fourth Amendment Soup: The Parole Search Exception After People v. Schmitz and Its Application to Third Persons

Abstract

This paper analyzes the reasoning and impact of the California Supreme Court's ruling in People v. Schmitz, which expanded the parole search exception to the Fourth Amendment's Warrant Clause such that it catches within its sweep the privacy interests of third persons whose liberties are not otherwise restricted.

Keywords: Fourth Amendment; Warrant Exception; Parole; Parole Search; Parole Search Exception; Warrant Clause; Search and Seizure