Questions tagged [warrant]
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Can I tell police to wait and call a lawyer when served with a search warrant?
Somewhat influenced by this question.
This is hypothetical question. Suppose the police turn up at my door with a search warrant. I know nothing about warrants and couldn't tell apart a search warrant from a supermarket receipt. But I do have a…
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What does a search warrant actually look like? How can I recognize one?
Suppose the police come to my door. “Open up,” they say. “We have a warrant to search the premises.”
How can I tell if they are telling the truth? Do they show me the warrant? If they do, how do I know I am looking at one? What does a real…
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Stopping a warrantless police search?
In general, how much can a person do to stop a warrantless search beyond verbally refusing consent? Is there anything further that can be done to prevent the search in the first place or make legal action after the fact more likely to prevail?
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Can you film the police while they search your premises?
If the police search your house with a warrant can you film them to ensure they keep to the letter of the warrant?
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Search Warrant Verification
In Los Angeles, California, if apparent police show up at my door with an apparent search warrant in their hands at 3am, how can I independently verify this?
I don't want to be tricked into opening the door.
One option is to call the local police…
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Admissibility of evidence seized from wrong property on lawful warrant (USA)
Suppose the Police obtain a warrant to search Alice's house for smuggled diamonds (something really tiny). When they arrive, they knock on Bob's door instead of Alice's. It's a common mistake to make, and each new mailman has made it.
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Bob…
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Why don't they just issue search warrants for Steve Bannon's documents?
One of the contempt charges Bannon face is for not handing over documents to the Jan 6th committee. Why can't they just issue search warrants for every location remotely-associated with Bannon and get them themselves? Why do they need Bannon to…
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What happens if an expert witness admits he lied in a case
This happened in in 2004, in Germany, in a very small town. I don’t speak the language and relied on my English speaking lawyer and my bilingual gf.
On the night before the court date, my lawyer told me he wouldn’t represent me anymore because the…
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Can one's personal electronic accounts be forced to be made accessible in a civil case like divorce?
If there's a criminal case, the police can get a warrant to access someone's electronic communications without the suspect's consent.
What about a civil case (if it makes a difference, let's say divorce as the question arose from thinking about that…
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Pretextual Traffic stop to serve an arrest warrant
Consider this scenario:
An arrest warrant has been issued for an individual for a misdemeanor crime. Police go to the residence of that individual to serve the arrest warrant. However the individual doesn't open the door. So the police are unable to…
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Are individual warrants needed for "sweeps" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)?
Specifically, does a judge need to sign off on warrants to arrest the hundreds of undocumented that are actual violent criminals (not just accused of a violent crime but actually found guilty)? Are those warrants a public record?
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Search warrants for the property of people not suspected of a crime
I'm interested in the New York City jurisdiction.
Imagine a person is involved, or suspected to be involved, in a crime, yet they are not suspected of having committed any crime. For example, imagine a journalist that has been sent a letter from a…
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How quickly will they obtain a warrant?
If the police are investigating a cyber-crime, and all they have is the IP address and they obtain the details from the ISP, how quickly will they usually obtain a search warrant in order to preserve evidence?
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Before Terry, did the Fourth Amendment require a warrant for all searches and seizures or only the "unreasonable" ones?
I'm trying to understand the direct meaning of the Fourth Amendment as best as possible. The Amendment states the following (emphasis added):
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable…
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How has sneak-and-peak warrants been constitutionally defended?
There was a famous scene in the Sopranos where Tony Soprano got his house broken into by law "enforcement" with a sneak-and-peak warrant.
I for many years thought this was fiction but it is not. How has this been defended constitutionally? It seems…
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