Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: Search Warrent guidelines

I'd go to treaties on criminal law such as CEB's, California Criminal Law, Procedure and Practice. Every county has a law library and numerous county courthouses have a small but more than adequately equiped law library to satisfy your curiosity. Most public libraries carry the California Annotated Codes, and the codes (un-annotated) are available on the California Legislature's Web Site. There was at one time a publication called Bell's Compendium that was also very useful. I haven't seen it in several years.

Good hunting.

Re: Search Warrent guidelines

Thanks for your inquiry. Nolo Press's website has an excellent short article on search warrants and the limits of police on their website at:

http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/article.cfm/objectID/DED24689-ADA8-4785-887A0B4A19A694DE

Best of luck, and if you have any other questions, please feel free to email my office.

Re: Search Warrent guidelines

Robert and Victor have given you some of the MANY different places you could look to do your own research into the warrant question, but unless you're a lawyer, the information won't really help you much, and may even get in the way. (A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...) I'd recommend that you have a consultation with a criminal lawyer near where the case is. Most criminal lawyers give free consultations. Take one or two, ask a bunch of questions, then decide where to go from there. If your case is in LA, don't hesitate to call me for a free consultation. Steve Mandell, Attorney at Law, Santa Monica (310) 393- 0639