trunk. Upon doing so he discovers the corpses of a woman and two children. The man later walks out of court scot-free because the evidence was inadmissible. The Fourth Amendment had been violated (Reynolds 59). Just this past year the Supreme Court of Iowa ruled nine to nothing that officers could not search a person when only writing them a traffic citation. This came across in a case in which an Iowa man was arrested after an officer pulled him over for speeding. Without the individuals consent, the officer looked through his car. (Under the drivers seat the officer found a small amount of marijuana and the man was ordered 90 days in jail.) The case was first tried in the Iowa Supreme Court where the court ruled in favor of the officer five to four. The case was then appealed to the United States Supreme Court where the nation struck down Iowas ruling. The Chief Justice William Rehnquist stated No further evidence of excessive speed was going to be found either on the person or in the car. Hopefully this will keep officers from overstepping their boundaries in Iowa but only in Iowa (Epstein 1).Officers many times like to intimidate citizens perhaps because it makes them feel good or they think they will not get caught. Jean Benson is a 61 year-old grandmother from Florida. She was driving through Louisiana when she was pulled over Police Officers Often Misuse and Overuse their Powers when it comes to Conducting Searches on Persons or Propertyby a policeman. Pop your trunk. Were the officers words? He brought out a piece of paper that said he had a right to search her car and that she was signing it voluntarily. She then told him that she did not want him to look through any of her personal belongings. To this he replied, you will sign that piece of paper and we will search your car. The policeman searched her car and found nothing. The elderly woman was so shaken by the incident that she cried for the next 100 mile...
