Court: Colorado Crime Suspects Can Search Victims' Homes

DENVER (AP) — An appeals court added Colorado to the list of states that can allow criminal suspects to search victims' homes to bolster their defense — a move that raised concerns among prosecutors and victims' advocates. Courts have allowed defendants to get confidential records and have victims ordered to undergo psychological evaluations, and defense attorneys regularly seek evidence from cellphones, computers and other property. Rich Orman, a senior deputy district attorney in Colorado's 18th Judicial District, which was not involved in the sex assault case, said the ruling essentially allows suspects to search property without having to show probable cause — the constitutional standard investigators must meet in order to get a search warrant. This decision would allow the perpetrators of crimes to demand access to the property of crime victims, even victims of home invasion robberies and sexual assaults. [...] this can apparently be done without notice.

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