Individual Rights vs. Special Needs of State

“(Wisconsin) regulation forbids a probationer to posses a firearm without probation officer’s advance approval” (Syllabus, pg.3165). Petitioner Joseph G. Griffin was convicted of a felony and was on probation when his house was searched for a firearm without a warrant. Wisconsin regulation says probationer’s home (probationer being a special needs case) can be searched without a warrant on the basis of “reasonable grounds” as opposed to probable cause. The probation officer came to …showed first 75 words of 1068 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1068 total…reasonable means all contraband smuggled into the facility,” (Hunter v. Anger, 672 F.2d 668. 674 (8th Cir. 1982))) independent of traditional criminal law enforcement,” (Pg. 1017). By showing that visiting a prison is a special need of the state and citing Griffin v. Romo, “when special needs, beyond the normal need for law enforcement, make the warrant and probable-cause requirement impractical,” Tacha is saying that the search of the plaintiff’s car was reasonable according to the Fourth Amendment.