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>The person is required to unlock the door and let the police in because the police have a warrant. Is this true? The person is required to not do anything to
by MertsA 10y ago
>The person is required to unlock the door and let the police in because the police have a warrant.
Is this true? The person is required to not do anything to hinder police but is the subject of a warrant ordered to assist them with the search? IMHO the difference between a key and a combination to a safe, which is the whole premiss behind being compelled to produce a decryption key being a violation of the 5th amendment, would seem to be at ends to that interpretation. Obviously if the door is unlocked when the warrant is served then the subject can't lock the police out but if there's an interior door that's locked, can the subject be compelled to provide the combination to unlock it? That's no different than being compelled to provide the combination to a safe so that would imply that the subject of a search warrant doesn't have to assist the police, just not actively impede the execution of the warrant.