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Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole v. Scott

Supreme Court of the United States

524 U.S. 357 (1998)

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Scott (defendant), on parole with a no-firearms condition, had signed a warrantless-search consent agreement. After parole officers obtained an arrest warrant on parole-violation evidence, Scott gave them his house keys; officers waited for his mother (the homeowner) to arrive before searching and found firearms and a bow and arrow. At Scott's revocation hearing, he unsuccessfully objected to admitting this evidence.

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Whether the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule extends to parole revocation hearings.

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