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Portrait of Earl Warren Earl Warren Lewis v. United States (385 U.S. 206…

However, the occupant can break the seal of sanctity and waive his right to privacy in the premises. Plainly he does this to the extent that he opens his home to the transaction of business and invites anyone willing to enter to come in to trade with him. When his customer turns out to be a government agent, the seller cannot, then, complain that his privacy has been invaded so long as the agent does no more than buy his wares.
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Portrait of Earl Warren Earl Warren Lewis v. United States (385 U.S. 206…

Petitioner does not argue that he was entrapped, as he could not on the facts of this case; [3] nor does he contend that a search of his home was made or that anything other than the purchased narcotics was taken away. His only contentions are that, in the absence of a warrant, any official intrusion upon the privacy of a home constitutes a Fourth Amendment violation and that the fact the suspect invited the intrusion cannot be held a waiver when the invitation was induced by fraud and deception.
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