Sugar bowl (legal maxim)

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In United States constitutional law, the sugar bowl is part of a legal maxim relating to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is that "if you are looking for stolen televisions, you cannot look in sugar bowls".[1] This describes the relationship between what is described in a search warrant and the persons or things that may be searched as a consequence.

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  1. ^ James M. Rosenbaum (June 2006). "IN DEFENSE OF THE SUGAR BOWL" (PDF). Federal Courts Law Review.