Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

search and seizures

Do police have a right to search a safe, which is out of site, if it is not listed as an item on the warrant?


Asked on 1/02/09, 9:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

TC Langford Langford Law Office

Re: search and seizures

Maybe. The wording of the warrant will probably be critical. If the safe was not specifically listed, but was in the location covered by the warrant, and the contents of the safe could reasonably contain the items listed in the warrant, then the search might be valid.

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Answered on 1/05/09, 6:21 am


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