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I feel like "exceeding the parameters of the search warrant" is the same thing as a warrantless search.

• trhway 5y ago
  [IANAL] i think there is the "in plain view" exception. So, if say the box accidentally fell and opened (or it made sound like there is a ton of illegal cash inside), its content becomes fair game. Without observers the police can open and close a lot of boxes and declare the accident only on the ones which have interesting content. >The FBI also said a dog had smelled unspecified drugs on Ruiz’s cash. that works too. Especially given that most, or something like this, cash in US has traces of drugs on it.
  • jasonjayr 5y ago
    If you see a pile of cash, in a bank, in a safe deposit box that's not the one you're authorized to be in, how can you tell it's illegal?
    • trhway 5y ago
      My understanding that in US any significant amount of cash is illegal until proven otherwise - i.e. the cash itself is basically "probable cause", and there is no effective legal machinery to prevent an immediate seizure of the cash by law enforcement, and the only way to get it back is to prove its legality.