If you’ve been told that police can search your car without a warrant, that statement is only partially true—and dangerously oversimplified. As a Florida Bar Board-Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, I regularly litigate vehicle searches, cellphone seizures, and warrant challenges. One of the most important Florida trial-court decisions exposing how far law enforcement sometimes overreaches is State v. Cabrera Leon, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 370a.
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Gibson Guitars and The Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3372(a)(2)(B)(iii) Gibson Search Warrant? Feds with nothing better to do spent a lot of time and money drafting this Affidavit for Search Warrant. Somehow, I don’t feel any safer. UPDATE: “Gibson, fearing a bankrupting legal battle, settled and agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty to the U.S. Government.…
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