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More like: Police: "We have a warrant for your apartment, let us in" Suspect: "Sorry, I lost the key when I went hiking in the Rocky Mountains, there's no way

by umvi 8y ago

More like: Police: "We have a warrant for your apartment, let us in" Suspect: "Sorry, I lost the key when I went hiking in the Rocky Mountains, there's no way in. Oh, and be aware that if you try to force your way in more than 5 times, the apartment will catch fire and destroy everything inside" What would happen in this case? Can the suspect be held in contempt?

jdc 8y ago
Probably obstruction of justice IMHO
- int_19h 8y ago
  Doesn't that require intent and planning? If the arrangements were in place before the crime was even planned, how can it be obstruction?
  - nerdponx 8y ago
    It's obstruction if they didn't actually lose the key, or the deliberately "lost" the key.
dmitrygr 8y ago
That is a degenerate argument. an apartment is clearly yours. Without your password there is no way to conclusively prove that a phone is yours. SIM cards can be swapped, for example. The incriminating is not stating the password. it is the fact that you are proving the phone as yours.
- swiftcoder 8y ago
  Phone's have serial numbers tied to the hardware. It's certainly possible to prove that a given phone is the same physical unit that one purchased.
  - dmitrygr 8y ago
    Which does not in any way prove that it is yours. Over my lifetime I purchased over 30 phones. Only two of them are currently mine. If you were to place another one I have purchased, but long ago sold in my possession, that would not be enough to prove that it is currently mine. if I happen to know the password, that might be very convincing.