What is illegal search and seizure?
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against illegal search and seizure. Evidence that is seized by police during unlawful searches is not admissible in court. Authorities most often must have a search warrant or some other authorization to conduct searches of a person, house, car or other location. Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer Sara Azari successfully argues search and seizure motions so that evidence recovered as a result of illegal searches is ruled inadmissible. The inadmissibility of evidence often causes charges to be reduced and/or dismissed. False arrests are some of the most common accusations leveled against law enforcement officers, often arising from an individual’s assertions that evidence against them was discovered in illegal searches and seizures. Also, search and seizure issues often arise in narcotics arrests, since evidence of alleged drug-dealing commonly recovered during the course of a warrantless search of a suspect’s person, car or re
