[pct-l] Search and Seizure

[mellowmarky at cox.net (Mark Wright)]

I don't know how realistic your scenario is, but it would seem to me  
that if the ranger is gong to stop you and make you wait a day till he  
gets a warrant he will find out wether or not you have a canister  
before he gets his warrant. After all, you're going to have to eat  
eventually, and get out your tent (or tarp) and sleeping bag and maybe  
warmer clothes as well. While you do this you will be giving the ranger  
the inspection he was asking for without needing a warrant.

Also, if we're talking about National Parks and Forests I don't think  
you will be going to a county court and being tried in front of the  
ranger's fishing buddy (state parks maybe). I would think that you  
would be going to a federal court where the judges are probably less  
forgiving than the ranger's fishing buddy.


Mark

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On Oct 11, 2004, at 9:47 PM, robert vance wrote:

> first the cop will probally say "fine,you are now being detained,you  
> are not under arrest, but you cannot leave" He may  then radio in to  
> get a warrent,or  wait untill another ranger comes by and send  them  
> into town to get it.Either way your going to sit for hours(or days)  
> without your pack.I know what your thinking,don`t they have to have  
> probable cause to search me? baahaahahaha ,probable cause is whatever  
> the cops want it to be and it`s rediculusly easy to come up with;you  
> were acting nervious,detected a strange odor,or in this time of  
> hightened security, you fit the profile(whats the profile?it`s a  
> secret)also you will most likely be in a small county making it  that  
> much easier(small countys are notoriously insular)the judge is  
> probally the rangers fishing buddy!