Legal Opinion
Doe v. Groody
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 19, 2004No. 02-4532PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CHERTOFF, Circuit Judge.
Four police officers appeal from the denial of qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging the unlawful search of occupants of a residence in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The officers argue that they did not violate clearly established federal constitutional rights when they searched a mother and her ten year old daughter in the course of executing a search warrant for narcotics at their home.
The appeal turns on the scope of search authorized by the warrant. To resolve this issue, we must consider under what circumstances the scope of a warrant may…
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