LietKynes
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@DetectiveFoyleWannabe said: ↑
No search warrant is necessary for the search at the building site if the owner of that property consented.
Agreeing that these are not amateurs running this investigation, and adding post by our criminal defense insider.
@riolove77 said:
I guarantee you they had a SW for the dig. Searches like that based on just consent are super risky. The homeowner has the control and power to completely call it off mid-search and say he's done consenting. Then what? They'd have to stop, go get a SW, etc. and even if that was okay, you then face a defense attorney fighting in court to say evidence item x or y was actually pulled from the home after the consent was withdrawn and therefore should be tossed, etc. A warrant is the safest way to go.
CO - CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #9
Thank you for clarifying that, [COLOR=rgb(109, 63, 3)]@Seattle1[/COLOR] !