A search warrant or recognized constitutional exception to the warrant requirement is required for law enforcement authorities to conduct a blood draw for the purposes of testing the alcohol content or toxicology of a suspect's blood. Under laws passed by the...
Conviction Reversed Due to Bad Search Warrant
A search warrant is a judicial authorization to search a person or place. To be valid, a search warrant must be supported by probable cause to suspect that the search may reveal evidence of a crime. The probable cause is alleged within an affidavit presented to a...
Search Warrant for Computer Upheld
A search warrant is formal judicial authorization for a search and/or seizure of property which may contain evidence of a crime. It requires a probable cause to suspect the property may contain evidence of a crime. It requires a 'nexus' between the suspected criminal...
