4th Amendment Pros And Cons

The citizens of the United States are entitled to rights granted by the U. S Constitution, which include twenty-seven amendments. One of these amendments, the Fourth Amendment, protects our privacy and limits the government’s authority to conduct a search without a warrant issued by court. This amendment was questioned when Ryan Collins accused Officer Rhodes of violating this rights by searching his motorcycle, that was parked a few feet away from his house, without a warrant. Officer Rhodes responded by saying he had enough probable cause to search it. This case ended up reaching the Supreme Court of Virginia under the name of Collins v. Virginia. Back in 2013, a high-speed pursuit of a black and orange motorcycle commenced in Albemarle …show more content…
Collins denied having any connection or information regarding the motorcycle and claimed he had not driven it for months. The officers kept on investigating Collins despite his denial of his involvement in the situation. The investigation lead to Facebook pictures of Collin posing next to the motorcycle outside his house. Once the officers were aware of the location of the house, they proceeded and drove there. Upon arrival, officer Rhodes stood on the street outside Collins house and saw a motorcycle covered by a white tarp with only one wheel out in the open. Based off this, Rhodes could conclude that it had the same design and shape as the motorcycle they were searching. He walked to Collin’s driveway and removed the tarp and then proceeded and ran the VIN of the motorcycle. By doing so, he got verification that it was the same motorcycle that was under Jones’ name. This lead to Collin’s confession that he had in fact purchased the motorcycle without a title. Rhodes went ahead and arrested Collins for accepting property that was stolen and not properly …show more content…
Collins was then convicted of the charges pressed against him. Later on, Collins appealed his case to the Court of Appeals of Virginia where he argued that the trial court made an error when they denied his attempt to suppress. This court also ruled that Rhodes’ actions were understandable and justified under the exigent circumstances exemption since he did not have a warrant. Collins moved on and appealed this decision to the Supreme Court of Virginia. This Supreme Court concluded that the probable causes Rhodes had to search the motorcycle was there and they determined that the automobile exception applied even if the motorcycle was within private property. This court also affirmed that Collin’s convictions were based on the “right result for the wrong or different reason” doctrine. This lead to Collins’ petition for a writ of certiorari which was granted by the U. S Supreme Court in late 2017. Collins’ main defense in front of the U. S Supreme Court is the statement that the automobile exception does not apply since a vehicle’s location limits how far the exception can do. Two limits that this exception has are inherit mobility and reduced expectations of privacy, which none apply to his case. Collin used the court case Coolidge v. New Hampshire to prove its point and pointed out that the majority rejected the

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