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by ceejayoz 1990 days ago
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/searches-private-cit...

> But, in some ways, there’s really no such thing as an “illegal” search by a private citizen, at least in the sense that police searches can be illegal: Regardless of issues like lack of probable cause, evidence found by private citizens acting on their own is usually admissible in court. That’s true even if the private citizen committed a crime like trespass or theft to accomplish the search.

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