Police searched for some of the garbage bags he left behind the road, with the advice of Billy Greenwood seeking illegal drugs. In fact, more specifically, they asked people in the Greenwood crap to open his strikes from other parts of the neighborhood and then searched it after being quarantined. When the police found a narcotic related carry-in item, the police applied for a search warrant including an explanation of what they found with garbage. Greenwood was convicted for drug-related charges based on evidence of garbage and home search.
The problem addressed by California vs. Greenwood is whether the fourth amendment prohibits "undocumented search and seizure of garbage collected outside family home". California v. Greenwood incident was reported by the police to be involved in Greenwood 's drug trafficking. Evidence found in search of unexamined respondents confirmed this, arrested Greenwood, bailed, convicted in the future arrested. In this case, the lower court and the Supreme Court agreed that the Fourth Amendment will not prohibit unauthorized search and confiscation of garbage in external private houses.
In the United States, the 1988 California Supreme Court's Greenwood case was the US Supreme Court, and the Common Law Act decided not to protect the waste's privacy. However, legitimately there are limited ones obtained from company garbage. In 1983, in the case of Minnesota, including the theft of customer lists from the recycle bin, Tennant Inc. v. Advance Machine (355 N.W.2 d 720), the owner of the discarded information received damages of $ 500,000. Catering In many developing countries, food is seldom rarely thrown away unless food is corrupted due to lack in developed countries. In countries like the United States, 40% to 50% of food is wasted and there are more foods in the garbage. In many countries, charities collect extra food from supermarkets and restaurants and distribute them to poor communities.
The incident in California's Greenwood Incident (1988) is based on information that the respondent Greenwood may be involved in drug trafficking activities, police remain on the roadside in front of his house Garbage collected garbage bag got it twice. According to items in the bags, these items were instructions for drug use, the police searched the house, discovered regulated substances during the search, and arrested the respondents with felony charges of narcotics. If there is no evidence from garbage investigation, there are no possible reasons for the search of houses. The National High Court rejected the allegation under the People's Procuratoration Kibuda incident.