A state trooper violated the constitutional rights of a motorist when he read a letter he discovered after the motorist consented to a search of the vehicle, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said yesterday.
The circuit, however, found that the trooper was entitled to qualified immunity because it had not ruled until yesterday that such a search was intrusive based on what a "reasonable person" would understand consent allowed.
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