Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole v. Scott
United States Supreme Court
524 U.S. 357 (1998)
- Written by Salina Kennedy, JD
Facts
Keith Scott (defendant), a parolee, signed a form consenting to warrantless searches by parole agents. A parole agent searched Scott’s home based on the possibility that there was a weapon in the home. A weapon was found and introduced into evidence at Scott’s parole-revocation hearing, and Scott’s parole was revoked. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the search was illegal and that the evidence seized in the search should have been excluded from consideration at Scott’s parole-revocation hearing. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Thomas, J.)
Dissent (Souter, J.)
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