State v. Bates

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 122,128 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CARLOS R. BATES, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of an individual to be secure and not subject to unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. Section 15 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights offers the same protections. Under the Fourth Amendment and section 15, any warrantless search or seizure is presumptively unreasonable unless it falls within one of the few established and well-delineated exceptions to the…