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Search Warrants for Suicide Scenes

October 12, 2015 Jeff Welty

Here’s a question that comes up from time to time: May a search warrant issue for a residence in which an apparent suicide has taken place, in order to rule out the possibility of foul play? Generally, I don’t think so, for the reasons given below.

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Categories Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags homicide, probable cause, search warrants, suicide 8 Comments

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