What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois
I was in the passenger seat of my friend's car when he was pulled over for a loud muffler and for having something hanging from his rear view mirror. The police asked him to step out of the car, and then they asked me.
Immediately after we stepped out they began to search the car without permission. They said we had made suspicious movements which we definitely did not.
In my backpack in the back seat they found ~3g of psilocybin mushrooms. I told the police I did not know where they came from. I was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
Was this search legal? Is my defense valid?
I was in the passenger seat of my friend's car when he was pulled over for a loud muffler and for having something hanging from his rear view mirror. The police asked him to step out of the car, and then they asked me.
Immediately after we stepped out they began to search the car without permission. They said we had made suspicious movements which we definitely did not.
In my backpack in the back seat they found ~3g of psilocybin mushrooms. I told the police I did not know where they came from. I was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
Was this search legal? Is my defense valid?