Saturday, February 28, 2015

If I get stopped for no reason, put in handcuffs and the officer has my id and finds drugs on me can I be charged?

Question

If I get stopped for no reason, put in handcuffs and the officer has my id and finds drugs on me can I be charged?



Answer

Charged, yes, but if the stop is provably illegal, i.e., without probable cause/reasonable suspicion on the part of the officer, then

convicted, most likely not.



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