Suffolk County police officers who were looking for “chicken”—code for cocaine—but instead discovered live fighting roosters did not run afoul of the Fourth Amendment, said a federal judge.
In a case “all about chickens,” Eastern District Judge Pamela Chen granted Suffolk County’s summary judgment dismissal motion, holding the officers could seize 14 roosters found in plain view in a shed even though their warrant specified drugs and not chickens.
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