Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

In the state of California county of Sonoma criminal /superior courts in a case where there was charges poss of marijuana poss paraphernalia(glass pipe) assault posses of pills (my mothers i in home care for) none of these where on my posses and I believe he illegally searched. A woman was driving fast past my home as always when asked to slow down she repeatedly sped back and forth and she called the cops on me because she say i sprayed water on her car because i was watering and she stormed into my yard yelling that i wet her car i was affraid she was going to hurt me so when i turned away she got a little wet then she ran called cops and kept speeding past my house when cop came he was in middle of my road talking to me and says he smelled pot i said not from me and let him smell my jacket and then he said its comming from my home and i said no he asked if i smoked pot i said yes so he goes in the laundry area with out my permission and found a box of old trimmings from last year and he said inside was this glass pipe i had never seen before so in court they dropped the pipe and now they want to put it back on beause i wont accept theyre offer is that legal?

Asked on 4/02/13, 11:44 am

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Kelvin Green The Law Office of Kelvin Green

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See my other answer since it looks like yu are asking this twice

Answered on 4/02/13, 8:11 pm

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Zadik Shapiro Law Offices of C. Zadik Shapiro

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Without seeing the police report it is hard to give a definitive answer but it seems to me that when the officer went to your laundry area he violated your right to privacy by entering the curtilage of your residence without a search warrant. You need to have a face to face with a criminal defense attorney to go over this more thoroughly.

Answered on 4/03/13, 10:36 am

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