143 N.C. App. 307 - State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “The scope of a search warrant is defined by the object of the search and place in which there is probable cause to believe the object will be found. The warrant in the case sub judice, was executed for the express purpose of procuring controlled substances likely to be found on the premises or on the persons described in the warrant, one of which was the defendant. Such substances could be readily concealed on the person so that they would not be found without a strip search. [ ] The scope of the search, while more intrusive than a search of the defendant’s outer clothing, was justified by the state’s interest in obtaining criminal evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2013 Pa. Super. 102 - Commonwealth v. Martinez