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Originally Posted by Firebug4
Originally Posted by
conchchowder
I agree. If you are conducting a search for drugs and have probable cause for that and find a pipe bomb, then the pipe bomb could not be grounds for arrest, afaik.
That is incorrect. For example, if law enforcement is searching a home pursuant to a search warrant for a gun and in the course of that search find drugs for instance. The drugs may be seized and can be used for grounds for an arrest.
FB
I'll write more when I'm at a desktop. For now, what you said is correct with two important caveats:
1.If the warrant said "gun" and the cops found drugs in a location in the house in which a gun could not have possibly been hidden based on physical size, the drugs were discovered illegally.
2. The drugs were in "plain sight" as courts have defined it. If drugs were on the kitchen table when the cops burst in, they can legally be siezed and used as evidence.