List some advantages of Searching with a Search Warrant.
What will be an ideal response?
A warrant represents an authorization by the court for officers to enter a designated location or structure and search for specific items. Specifically:
? Recover stolen property
? Seize drugs or other contraband
? Seize any other type of property used in the commission of a crime
The search warrant must contain specifics about the location to be searched, the objects being sought, the probable cause that indicates that there is property to seize, and a signature of the judge authorizing the search.
A search warrant also benefits the prosecutor by shifting the legal burden to the defendant. Instead of the prosecutor having to justify a presumably unreasonable search, it becomes the burden of the defendant to show that the evidence was seized illegally.
Basically, the search warrant sets forth the same facts as outlined in the affidavit. Prior to signing the affidavit, the affiant (the officer) must be certain that he or she is first sworn in by a judge
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