Legal Question in Criminal Law in New Jersey

Re: search warrants

I agree with Mr. Moore, however, it seems like the cops did the right thing here. Instead of jumping the gun, they waited to get a warrant. But lets say they screwed things up and took too long, what is your recourse? I can tell you that it will probably be nothing.

Your best defense here is to get a good attorney and let him or her worry about how they will win the case for you.

Re: search warrants

There is no reason why it should take nine hours to obtain a search warrant because there are always judges available on an emergent basis.

Gary Moore, Esquire

Hackensack, New Jersey

www.garymooreattorneyatlaw.com

Re: search warrants

Normally I would say it should not take more than a few hours to obtain a search warrant in an emergent situation, but think about it - if the police could not keep people away from a scene, the people that would go into the residence would if possible, destroy the evidence the police would be obtaining the search warrant for in the first place.