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The police, acting on a tip that Billy Greenwood was dealing illegal
narcotics, searched some trash bags that he had left on the curb. Actually,
to be more specific, they asked Greenwood's garbage man to set aside his
thrash from the rest of the neighborhood's, then searched it after it was
isolated. Finding paraphernalia associated with drugs in the bags, the
police applied for a search warrant, including a description of the things
they found in the trash. Based on evidence from both the garbage and the
search of the house, Greenwood was convicted of drug-related charges.
Greenwood appealed to the Supreme Court, claiming that the search of his
garbage was illegal because it was searched without a warrant.
My side of the case, which is the state of California, tends to argue
three main things. First, the exception to the warrant requirement, which is
"searching abandoned property." We also tend to argue two previous court
cases, Oliver vs. US......

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