I'm not by any means a lawyer, and the extent of my 4th amendment knowledge comes from a few civil rights and criminal law electives I took in college.

Would anything of legitimate value to a prosecutor be deemed admissible if obtained without a warrant? Is there any such cases where the police have rifled through someone's private files, such as through their "home directory" or email without a warrant and still had the evidence admitted to court?

On another note, most people can't get basic service from many companies. I'm sure most of us have dealt with the phone company and other corporations who are so clueless it's a wonder they're still in business. Can you honestly expect and empower them to go to bat for you against the police?


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