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Harold Volkmer: If they have a warrant; if they have a warrant. If they do not have a warrant, as your bill permits it, they do not have…

On the recordFebruary 7, 1995
If they have a warrant; if they have a warrant. If they do not have a warrant, as your bill permits it, they do not have to have a warrant to break into that house, and if the warrant is defective, even under the Supreme Court, which I disagree with, the evidence can possibly be used.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

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Discussing concerns about warrantless searches in relation to proposed legislation.

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