What is the name of your state? (US Law Only) Colorado
My 20 year old son was detained by police in Durango, after admitting to an outstanding warrant in Denver. During the detainment, the police, without permission, searched his belongings and car and found marijuana, divided up in separate bags and a scale, all toll, less than an ounce. Once they arrived back at the police station, before my son was arrested/booked/charged a notice had come from Denver saying that the warrant was unextraditable so they let him go, without arresting/booking/charging him, they instead told him they were going to "hold" the charge (a 4th degree felony for intent to sell) until after he spoke with a drug task force officer who in turn promised to help with the "held" charges if he complied with some ridiculous requests to garner information for the drug task force in Durango. My son decided not to cooperate out of fear, a reasonable response, based on what he was being asked to do. He was free to go, but now since he did not cooperate with the drug task force the police are threatening a warrant for his arrest on the "held" charges. I guess i need to find out, if this process is normal, legal? Can he be brought up on charges where the search was suspect, due to no law being broken, and how long can charges be "held" before they have to processed through the court system to get a warrant?
My 20 year old son was detained by police in Durango, after admitting to an outstanding warrant in Denver. During the detainment, the police, without permission, searched his belongings and car and found marijuana, divided up in separate bags and a scale, all toll, less than an ounce. Once they arrived back at the police station, before my son was arrested/booked/charged a notice had come from Denver saying that the warrant was unextraditable so they let him go, without arresting/booking/charging him, they instead told him they were going to "hold" the charge (a 4th degree felony for intent to sell) until after he spoke with a drug task force officer who in turn promised to help with the "held" charges if he complied with some ridiculous requests to garner information for the drug task force in Durango. My son decided not to cooperate out of fear, a reasonable response, based on what he was being asked to do. He was free to go, but now since he did not cooperate with the drug task force the police are threatening a warrant for his arrest on the "held" charges. I guess i need to find out, if this process is normal, legal? Can he be brought up on charges where the search was suspect, due to no law being broken, and how long can charges be "held" before they have to processed through the court system to get a warrant?