What is the name of your state? AZ
MY home was broken into around the 6th of December. I came home while it was in progress. I was able to retain one of the intruders while waiting for the cops. Once the cops arrived I entered the home to take an inventory of what was stolen. While doing the inventory I found another intruder in my closet. I yelled for an officer to come make the arrest. At that time the officer found drug paraphernalia. The cop questioned my fiancé who stated it was mine. The officer confiscated the items.
Today I received a summons to appear. I never gave the officer permission to search my home. The intruder took the items from a chest in my closet. Before that they were not in plain view. After finding the items in my closet the officer searched the rest of the house and found two more items in a shoebox in my garage.
Do I have any chance of getting the charged dropped due to an illegal search and seizure?
MY home was broken into around the 6th of December. I came home while it was in progress. I was able to retain one of the intruders while waiting for the cops. Once the cops arrived I entered the home to take an inventory of what was stolen. While doing the inventory I found another intruder in my closet. I yelled for an officer to come make the arrest. At that time the officer found drug paraphernalia. The cop questioned my fiancé who stated it was mine. The officer confiscated the items.
Today I received a summons to appear. I never gave the officer permission to search my home. The intruder took the items from a chest in my closet. Before that they were not in plain view. After finding the items in my closet the officer searched the rest of the house and found two more items in a shoebox in my garage.
Do I have any chance of getting the charged dropped due to an illegal search and seizure?