A seizure occurs against a person when the government restrains the person. A seizure can also occur against a person’s property when there is some meaningful interference with an individual’s possessory interests in that property. Both the Missouri Constitution and Federal Constitution prohibit unreasonable seizures. See U.S. Const. amend. IV; Mo. Const.Art. I § 15….
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Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
The Fourth Amendment is the most litigated Amendment in the federal courts. Much of the litigation comes from disputes regarding the prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Amendment provides in pertinent part that: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall…