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The house at 1834 Penn Street in Kansas City, Missouri, was just an ordinary house, Nothing suggested that it would provide the focus for a Supreme Court case. Yet, it is at the center of the story of how a few lottery tickets helped to define privacy for all Americans. When police searched the home of Fremont Weeks without his consent and found evidence of a small gambling operation, they changed the way American criminal law and police procedure work. This case established criteria for legal police searches seizures and seizures.