Is it legal for police to use evidence legally obtained and give it to a third party when it isn’t what the search warrant was for?
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Is it legal for police to use evidence legally obtained and give it to a third party when it isn’t what the search warrant was for?
I am a college student. Last year I had my computer taken by search warrant for a crime I was being charged with. Recently my case ended, the police are giving me a hard time while trying to get it back. My College has it’s own judicial process(we can get expelled through it). Supposedly while the police were getting rid of anything pertaining to my case on my hardrive, they found a video of me doing something illegal. Since it won’t hold up in court(unrelated to earlier offense), they submitted what they found to the university hoping I will be reprimanded.
Asked on May 20, 2009 under Criminal Law, Ohio
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J.M.A., Member in Good Standing of the Connecticut Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Schools have student code of conduct policies that ar taken very seriously. If the code of conduct is violated while you are a student at the school, the school - regardless of how they came to know about the incident may generally take whatever measure they believe ar appropriate under the rules and regulations of the code of conduct. I suggest that you hire a lawyer if permitted to help you at the hearing on campus. Just becasue the police, not the school, discovered the unlawful conduct does nto prohibit the school from taking action.
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