Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

Recovery of property

In March of '04 the police took my 3 home computers and office computer because I was being investigated for satelite signal theft. The search warrant stated they could take them for a reasonable period of time. I still haven't got them back. What is considered a reasonable period of time?


Asked on 1/15/05, 11:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Zedrick Braden III Ainsworth & Associates PC

Re: Recovery of property

Hello. First of all you need to consider whether

the search warrant was valid when the police arrived at your house. Second, you need to take

court action to get your computers back. Again,

whether the warrant was valid is a question that

needs to be answered. It would not be the first

time that a police officer abused his authority

and obtained a slip of paper later claiming it to

be a search warrant. The language "a reasonable

time" sounds phony. That is a good question!

What is a reasonable time and why would a judge

sign a purported search warrant with such uncertain terms as "a reasonable time." I will be happy to answer any additional questions you might have.

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Answered on 1/16/05, 11:48 pm


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