Vermont Supreme Court Rebukes Border Patrol, Excludes Seized Evidence

The U.S.–Canadian border crossing at Canaan, Vermont, in a file photo. Wharon via Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0

Evidence seized by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents in a warrantless vehicle search near the international border with Canada cannot be used in state prosecutions, a divided Vermont Supreme Court ruled on Sept. 24.

Vermont’s high court rebuked the CBP.