Unlawful Searches: Protecting Your Rights
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that you have the legal right to be free from an unreasonable search or seizure. A search can be illegal from several standpoints. It may be that the police officer never had the right to search you or your premises in the first place. The police officer could have gone beyond the scope of a warrant that they obtained. Either way, you may be able to persuade the court to have evidence suppressed and kept out of court when it was illegally obtained. You should contact a criminal defense attorney at Hogan Eickhoff to help protect your legal rights in the face of an illegal search or seizure.
