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Welfare and Institutions Code Section 8102 Deadly Weapon Seizure Found to Violate Fourth Amendment |
November 20, 2008
Previously published on October 30, 2008
On October 27, 2008, in People v. Sweig, California's Third District Court of Appeal held that a warrantless search of a residence resulting in the seizure of an illegal semi-automatic assault rifle violated the Fourth Amendment despite the fact the search was conducted for the primary purpose of seizing deadly weapons as mandated by Welfare and Institutions Code section 8102.
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