Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Good faith Warrants

Recently my home was raided for drugs. As it turns out, there was no controlled buy made from this premises, and no police officer had been inside my place to witness any sort of drug transactions. In the course of the raid, the police found two empty baggies and a scale with residue... essentially nothing.... and yet they are charging me with felony possession. I was challenging their search warrant, and the way my lawyer explained to me... was ''it was executed in good faith... a good faith warrant.'' What in tarnations is that? Is that the same thing as a heresay warrant... and does it mean that they never really need to follow the standard procedures for obtaining a warrant if they have ''good faith''?


Asked on 6/06/01, 6:05 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Victor Hobbs Victor E. Hobbs

Re: Good faith Warrants

I believe your attorney was telling you that the warrant was good on its face. And the police had a good faith belief that what they had been told by some buddy of yours (acting as an informant) was correct. And what they found proved them right.

If you didn't have a drug residue on your scales you would have gotten away clean. If your not smart enough to be a criminal, get out of the business. I'm not. And that's why I don't do or sell drugs. Otherwise get used to spending time in jail.

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Answered on 6/27/01, 8:32 pm


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