Dallas Search and Seizure Attorney

Texas Law Firm Helping Those Charged with Drug Offenses

In the legal community, “search and seizure” is a legal term that refers to a legal procedure used in common and civil law where law enforcement agencies search a premises after they believe a crime has been committed and then seize any physical evidence.  When police conduct a search, they are looking for any evidence that will establish a person’s guilt and that will also prove that a crime was in fact committed.  Before police can conduct a lawful search of a person’s premises, they must either have the person’s consent or they must have a court issued search warrant.  Police cannot lawfully perform a search without consent or without a warrant as it would be a direct violation of a person’s “right to privacy”.  This is a constitutional right that is protected by the government and the 4th Amendment.

When police conduct a search and seizure without a property owner’s consent or without a proper search warrant, the search is unlawful and they are directly violating peoples’ rights, which should never be tolerated under any circumstances.  Unfortunately, illegal search and seizures are quite common, especially in cases involving drug crime offenses.  All too often, police will search a person’s personal property or body without having sufficient probable cause or evidence that a person has committed a crime.  They will then seize any evidence they find during their illegal search, like drugs or drug paraphernalia, and use it to press charges against the person.  Prosecutors will then utilize that evidence to build a case.

Dallas Search and Seizure Lawyer

People who have been subjected to unlawful search and seizures before being charged with drug related offenses need to hire an experienced Dallas criminal defense lawyer from D'Amore Law Firm.  At our law office, our extensive experience handling drug crime cases involving illegal search and seizures.  We know how to prove that a search was illegal and we will fight to have drug crime charges dismissed in cases where unlawful search and seizures were performed by police. 

If you have been arrested for a drug crime and believe that your rights were violated, contact a Dallas Search and Seizure Attorney at our firm for more information about how we can help defend your right to due process!