Police officers are entitled to immunity for conducting a search under a broad search warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The warrant authorized a search for gang-related materials and all guns, though police were investigating a shooting involving a sawed-off shotgun used in a domestic dispute, according to the majority opinion (PDF) by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. The suspect, Jerry Ray Bowen, was accused of firing five shots at his ex-girlfriend as she sped away in her car. Bowen was allegedly enraged because the girlfriend had asked police to accompany her so she could retrieve her belongings. Police weren’t there at the crucial time, however,…
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