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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > American politics and society > Fourth Amendment > Fourth Amendment issues > dropsy testimony

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dropsy testimony  

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  • Dropsy testimony refers to testimony by police officers that an individual—upon seeing or being questioned by a police officer—dropped illegal drugs on the ground. Defense attorneys use the term pejoratively to imply that police officers conveniently claim that an individual dropped the contraband to avoid a finding that the officers may have violated the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Dropsy Testimony]

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