{"id":47674,"date":"2021-03-13T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=47674"},"modified":"2021-03-19T03:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:32:52","slug":"fl1-sheriffs-office-failed-to-show-tv-and-playstation-lawfully-seized-during-drug-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=47674","title":{"rendered":"FL1: Sheriff&#8217;s Office failed to show TV and PlayStation were lawfully seized during drug search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Bay County SO executed a drug search warrant at claimant\u2019s father\u2019s house and seized a flat screen TV and PlayStation. Claimant sought return, and the state claimed it was lawfully taken and became county property by operation of law. The SO failed to prove it was \u201clawfully seized\u201d under Florida law in the first place. Remanded. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1dca.org\/content\/download\/724442\/opinion\/200529_DC13_03112021_132915_i.pdf\">Shirah v. State<\/a>, 2021 Fla. App. LEXIS 3563 (Fla. 1st DCA Mar. 11, 2021).  (See Techdirt: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20210317\/16144146440\/forfeiture-theory-taking-down-drug-lords-forfeiture-practice-taking-guys-tv-playstation-during-drug-raid.shtml\">Forfeiture In Theory: TAKING DOWN DRUG LORDS! Forfeiture In Practice: Taking A Guy&#8217;s TV And PlayStation During A Drug Raid<\/a> by Tim Cushing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Illinois doesn\u2019t prescribe the distance between vehicles moving on the highway except what is reasonable and prudent. The trial court found that the officer\u2019s determination wasn\u2019t reasonable and suppressed, and it\u2019s affirmed. He said it was 18\u2019 but the court apparently didn\u2019t believe it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoiscourts.gov\/Opinions\/AppellateCourt\/2021\/3rdDistrict\/3180545.pdf\">People v. Haddad<\/a>, 2021 IL App (3d) 180545, 2021 Ill. App. LEXIS 94 (Mar. 10, 2021).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bay County SO executed a drug search warrant at claimant\u2019s father\u2019s house and seized a flat screen TV and PlayStation. Claimant sought return, and the state claimed it was lawfully taken and became county property by operation of law. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=47674\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,63,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-overseizure","category-reasonableness","category-rule-41g-return-of-property"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47674"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47757,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47674\/revisions\/47757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}