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To: Sopater

Please don’t take away the stupid criminals. You could underpopulate the jails. No one in their right mind would want to try to convince an officer that he had nothing to hide. Thats like keeping your driver’s license in your Bible and leaving it on the dashboard so the officer will know that you are a Christian speeder. Cops aren’t going to ask if they don’t suspect something. If they get permission, then it isn’t a search and evidence won’t be suppressed for lack of probable cause. The argument becomes was the consent voluntary? That is easier for a prosecutor to argue, particularly because “people who don’t have anything to hide always comply”.


17 posted on 11/29/2007 6:52:35 AM PST by Steamburg (Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
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To: Steamburg
"Cops aren’t going to ask if they don’t suspect something"

If you believe this then I have a bridge, some prime real estate in the everglades and a perpetual motion machine you might be interested in investing in.

Being THAT naive will get you into trouble one day.

39 posted on 11/29/2007 7:11:09 AM PST by KeepUSfree (WOSD = fascism pure and simple.)
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To: Steamburg
Cops aren’t going to ask if they don’t suspect something
If you were pulled over and suspected of DWI, would you consent to a search of your vehicle?
133 posted on 11/29/2007 9:25:12 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
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