guidry wrote:
OP, thanks for clarifying where the info came from. Laws on Search and Seizure don't vary from state to state because the US Supreme court rules apply.
Actually this is wrong. The 4th Amendment to the US Constitution grants freedom from unreasonable search and seizure without a warrant.....but the Federal Courts are divided into 94 separate judicial districts and 11 Federal Circuits. What may have been ruled in one district is not applicable in another. As an example, the issue of cell phone records without a search warrant may have been decided in one district or even a circuit under an appeal, but that does not make it the law of the land, just the law of that circuit. Until the Supreme Court rules, then it is the law of the land.
