The state of California, specifically the city of Burbank, and even Glendale, Pasadena and the surrounding cities, were founded on the same principles that our country was founded. Those principles include ensuring the protection of the Constitutional Rights of Burbank citizens. The Bill of Rights is made up of amendments outlined to protect against unlawful actions against United States Citizens. The 4th Amendment specifically protects against unreasonable searches and seizures of a person's body, documents, property, house, car and more.
Within the last year, there have been several public U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning the potential violation of a person's rights under the Fourth Amendment. One particular case, from October of 2008, Herring vs. the United States, deals with the violation of a man's rights after he was searched and arrested as the result of faulty information on file at the police department. The police data base claimed that there was a warrant out for his arrest. The arresting officers followed the information found in the inaccurate computer system, and not only arrested the man, but searched him and the premises where he was arrested. Upon the search there was evidence found that could be incriminating to the man who was arrested.
The issue in the case is whether or not the evidence found in the search should be admissible to court in a case by the state against the man. His defending attorney is arguing that the evidence was acquired under an illegal search and seizure based upon the negligence of the police department who supposedly had a warrant on file for the accused.
This attorney is arguing that excuses made for police departments and their lack of working, up to date technology should not be made or ruled on in a court setting. The issue is not whether or not this man is guilty for the charges that could be brought on the evidence found in the search and seizure, but that the search and seizure was unconstitutional and in violation of the man's 4th Amendment Rights.
In Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena, California Fourth Amendment rights violations happen all of the time. Violations like this cause personal injury to a person's reptutation. The problem is that they are not brought to the public's eye, or even offered an opportunity to be brought to legal battle. There are local Burbank Personal Injury Lawyers willing to stand up for the citizens of Burbank, California whose 4th amendment rights have been violated.
Contact one of our attorney's today for a confidential, free consultation at (800) 704-8237.
