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Knock, Knock. Who's There?: Undercover Officers, Police Informants, and the "Consent Once Removed" Doctrine
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Khalil, Adam |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | The right of a person to be free from unreasonable government intrusion into his home has long been recognized throughout this nation’s history. 1 Indeed, the ancient adage that a man’s home is his castle 2 finds support in the Constitution because “the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed” is the “physical entry of the home.” 3 To protect this interest, the Fourth Amendment requires that agents of the government seek a warrant prior to entering a home. 4 But this requirement is not absolute. Generally, government agents may enter a house without a warrant in two situations: (1) judicially created warrant exceptions and (2) law enforcement activity found to be reasonable and thus outside the bounds of the Fourth Amendment’s purview. 5 Within the latter category falls the Consent Once Removed Doctrine (CORD), which allows an undercover officer, or sometimes an informant, who has gained consensual entry into a dwelling, to call for backup officers to enter in order to effectuate a valid arrest. 6 |
| Starting Page | 15 |
| Ending Page | 15 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 41 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1412&context=shlr&httpsredir=1&referer= |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1412&context=shlr |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
