Case Number
W2007-01590-SC-R11
I respectfully disagree with the majority. In my view, the police officers’ search of Ms. Turner’s residence without reasonable or individualized suspicion violates article I, section 7 of the Tennessee Constitution. While the United States Supreme Court has ruled in Samson v. California, 547 U.S. 843 (2006), that such a search, without reasonable or individualized suspicion, does not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, I would hold the Tennessee Constitution provides a greater degree of protection against suspicionless searches than does the federal Constitution.
Originating Judge
Judge William B. Acree, Jr.
Case Name
State of Tennessee v. Charlotte Yvonne Turner - Dissenting
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
This is a dissenting opinion
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