rubbrduckie
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? -- Oklahoma
Odd situation.
On April 14, 2007, me and three friends went out to practically no-mans-land to fire a shotgun, I am 17 years old, and two of my friends were also underage, the other, who was the owner of the weapon, was 18, and legally allowed to carry the weapon. Upon leaving the place, I got a flat tire, so me, and the 18 year-old both pulled over, and changed my tire. As he was about to get back in his car, and I was about to get back in mine, someone drove by, asking if we needed help changing the tire, and as we said that we got it taken care of, an officer pulled in front of them, and stepped out of the car. He noticed the shotgun case in the back of my friends closed, locked, SUV. He told us all [me and my 3 friends] to take a seat on the ground. As he questioned the people that were offering help, he ended searching them, finding several weapons, and also marijuana. Then when he got to us, he ended up searching all of our pockets, and our cars, extremely well, even though we had done nothing illegal. He didn't ask if we mind him searching, he told us that we had no choice, and pulled out a cigarette pack from my pocket, opened it up, and found a joint. After that, I was placed under arrest, and had to had my parents come pick me up and he signed me over to them. Was the search legal? I wasn't doing anything against the law, other than changing my damn tire.
Odd situation.
On April 14, 2007, me and three friends went out to practically no-mans-land to fire a shotgun, I am 17 years old, and two of my friends were also underage, the other, who was the owner of the weapon, was 18, and legally allowed to carry the weapon. Upon leaving the place, I got a flat tire, so me, and the 18 year-old both pulled over, and changed my tire. As he was about to get back in his car, and I was about to get back in mine, someone drove by, asking if we needed help changing the tire, and as we said that we got it taken care of, an officer pulled in front of them, and stepped out of the car. He noticed the shotgun case in the back of my friends closed, locked, SUV. He told us all [me and my 3 friends] to take a seat on the ground. As he questioned the people that were offering help, he ended searching them, finding several weapons, and also marijuana. Then when he got to us, he ended up searching all of our pockets, and our cars, extremely well, even though we had done nothing illegal. He didn't ask if we mind him searching, he told us that we had no choice, and pulled out a cigarette pack from my pocket, opened it up, and found a joint. After that, I was placed under arrest, and had to had my parents come pick me up and he signed me over to them. Was the search legal? I wasn't doing anything against the law, other than changing my damn tire.
