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Improper search warrant…
I moved into a residence where the people who had lived there before me were being investigated for drugs. They raided the residence and found a little bit of weed in my possesion. Can I beat this?
Asked on May 20, 2009 under Criminal Law, Iowa
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Maybe. You need to have an experienced attorney on the case. There are a number of ways to find defense counsel in your area, including our website, http://attorneypages.com
The law of search and seizure gets into very fine hair-splitting, sometimes, and the rules are changing all the time and can be different from one state to the next. One question that might be very important is how long you've been living there, and what, if any, connection other than the address you might have, with the people the police were coming after. Please don't leave anything out, when you tell your lawyer about the case, because one of the things you are paying for is his or her ability to understand what's important, or not.
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