In Payton v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court stressed that _____ is “the chief evil at which the Fourth Amendment is directed.”

A) an unreasonable search
B) an unreasonable arrest
C) the unjustified entry into the home
D) the detainment of the innocent


C) the unjustified entry into the home

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