Darrell is a narcotics detective and while reading an electronics catalog comes across an ad for a device that promises that it can descramble any mobile phone signal.Darrell orders the device and on his off-duty hours uses it to listen in on a suspected drug dealer's telephone conversations.Later,he seeks a warrant based on these conversations.Are Darrell's actions constitutional?

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Darrell did not have a warrant to use the device, therefore his actions violate the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. Additionally, the fact that he used his own funds and did it on his off-duty hours does not make his actions constitutional.

Darrell Is a Narcotics Detective and While Reading an Electronics