An arrest warrant is a written order which is made on behalf of the State of Tennessee and is based upon a affidavit of complaint issued pursuant to a statute which commands a police officer to arrest that person and bring them before a magistrate . This is one way to start a criminal case
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Probation’s Dirty Little Secret
By Rob McKinney on
Posted in Search and Seizure
Your charged with a crime like possession of drugs or aggravated assault. You are put on probation and you think your problems are gone. Wrong. A new trend in Tennessee as it relates to probation cases is to include a condition of probation that waives your Fourth Amendment right of an illegal search and seizure. Paragraph…
Video of an Execution of a Seach Warrant
By Rob McKinney on
Posted in Drug Crimes, Search and Seizure
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RbwSwvUaRqc%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26
Here is a video of an execution of a search warrant. Most search warrants do not go like this, but I thought it is a great example of a search warrant gone wrong. Thanks to Simple Justice and Radley Balko for this educational video.