If a cop wants to search your car....can you "think about it" and in the process through your keys on the seat, lock the doors then give consent? what will they do if you do that?
2006-09-02 16:12:48 · 29 answers · asked by J 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
what if you say no and do it?
2006-09-02 16:25:01 · update #1
That's funny.. you could possibly say no.
Can you do this..
Breathe air out your eyes :)
2006-09-02 16:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by Serious Mandy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know much about the law, though, a part of me wishes that I did, because the government thinks that they have the right to riffle through a persons car if they feel like they have just cause. However, I still think that they need a warrant or something to go through your car. So, until that point, you should just say no. Then call a lawyer.
Good luck, though.
2006-09-02 16:27:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cop either needs consent or a search warrant. If he searches with a warrant and finds nothing their name is mud with the judge he bothered to get the warrant from in the 1st place.
2006-09-02 16:14:40 · answer #3 · answered by roshambo76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do that, the cop will likely arrest you. And, may arguably have legal authority to impound your car to conduct the search.
It's really not a good idea to play games with cops.
{EDIT to CJ} While that is the general standard in many situations, that is not the rule when it comes to automobile searches.
2006-09-02 16:15:05 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you just say no?
Being a smart *** is not going to get you anywhere.
You have given consent, if your window gets broken and your car searched what complaint do you have. Wouldn't it make more
sense not to carry something in your car that you don't want
them to find?
2006-09-02 16:18:44 · answer #5 · answered by curiousgeorge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are obviously then going to have good reason to search your car if you lock the keys inside, meaning they will probably tow it to the police station and then break in to the car to complete the search.
2006-09-02 16:15:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just dont give them your consent. they must have reasonable cause to search your car. Just keep any thing out of sight that would give them cause to shearch it. put your drugs in the trunk, dont let your car smell like drugs or alcohol. You will not get arrested for not giving consent to search.
2006-09-02 16:42:36 · answer #7 · answered by rogerm11111 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not worth finding out. Even if it gets dropped because the cop didn't have the right ,it will cost you a lawyer fee
2006-09-02 16:14:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're stupid!!! Why would you say yes than lock the car? You could be arrested for obstruction. You would look guilty of something and they wouldn't need your permission. Probable cause.
2006-09-02 16:17:08 · answer #9 · answered by Veronica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call you a smart ***, and either tow the car, or slim jim the car to open it back up. Send you the towing bill.
2006-09-02 16:15:44 · answer #10 · answered by missourim43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will be highly suspicious. Nothing worse than a suspicious cop. Break a window? Reasonable cause. For all they know, you could be hiding a dead body and there's an all-points bulletin out for a kidnapping. Please tell me it's only drugs.
2006-09-02 16:15:06 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋