AZ, criminal defense, probable cause, search and seizure, 4th amendment, drug possession
Scottsdale (AZ).
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Posted 3 months ago in Criminal Defense.
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Porbable cause to search and seizing all of my money:
what should I do in think case? Police officers knock at my door of a rented section of a home and enter without permission. They ask if anyone else is in the area and said that they are just clearing the area for there safety. My girlfriend and I are being questioned for a stollen wallet that occurred the night before. We moved in 20 minutes before the police arrived and wasn't there the night before. During the other officers clearing the home a baggie was found in a hamper that had cloths in it. Somehow this officer found it buried in the cloths. be was clearing the 10'x14' room or 10 minutes. We were not in the room but now wanted to search the area. I proved that we did not take the wallet cause a credit card was stolen and used at Wal-Mart. I paid cash and had the receipt. But now they are searching my area of the home for my handgun cause I told them that I had one when they arrived. Now when they were looking for that the also find paraphernalia. My girlfriend and I have no criminal background prior to this. We are in our thirties. I was arrested and charged with 3 felonies and her two felonies. both for possession or a dangerous Drug and possession of drug pparaphernalia and I got an extra unlawful use of a firearm charge. When they arrested me they found that I ad $1,560 in cash on me only cause we moved that day. They took it as evidence against me. I lost the place I was renting cause the officer told my landlord what they found and now we are broke and homeless living out of hotel only for one more day cause we can't round up anymore money. What can I do about this case and is there anything I can do to get my money back before we end up on the streets and strave to death. Oh yeah I was fired from my job and now have no income. This all happened last Friday.
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Answers (1)Michael E Hendrickson
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You and your girl friend need at least two competent criminal defense counsel to represent each of you separately in this matter. It's possible that your 4th Amendment rights may have been violated and that a motion
to suppress the evidence police recovered from the scene needs to be filed in your respective behalfs. Consequently, if you cannot now afford to hire attorneys on your own, you should ask the court which has jurisdiction over these cases to appoint each of you an attorney. Next question: California law traffic ticket, FTA warrant, warrant for failure to appear, arrest court Previous question: Immigration, visa expired, removal procedures |