Illegal Search Evidence Exclusion

Summary

In Minnesota, evidence obtained through illegal search by private individuals can be excluded if it violates a tenants reasonable expectation of privacy. The court may exclude the drugs if the search is deemed unreasonable. Private individuals actions are judged differently than law enforcement.

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If a tenant goes in another tenants room without authorization from homeowner and clipped a lock off a closet and finds drugs and turns the drugs into the cops. Can the drugs be thrown out in court
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Minnesota le sueur county
In Minnesota, evidence obtained through illegal search and seizure by private individuals can sometimes be excluded if it violates the tenant's reasonable expectation of privacy.
Key Points:
- The drugs might be excluded if the court finds the search unreasonable.
- Private individuals' actions are judged differently than law enforcement.
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