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    Default Retrieving Property Taken By Police During A Stop

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Utah
    So basically me and a couple friends were driving cross country. we happened to have some pot on us and while driving through utah were pulled over. they searched the car and found everything. however, one the kids signed a paper with the Utah state prosecutor claiming responsibility for everything in the car, and was told all charges were dropped on everyone else. However I called my lawyer and asked to get my evidence back (phone, money, other random stuff) and he told me that they could still press charges and are confiscating the money (and possibly the rest, we'r not sure) permanently. Can they really keep it? and how could they still press charges?

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    Default Re: Retrieving Property Taken By Police During A Stop

    Can they really keep it?
    at least for now they can. If they can link the drugs and money, whoosh, it's gone. and by linking, I mean a vague reference to the possibility that that money might have been in the same state as your drugs.

    as to the other property; if they can show any association of the property and drugs; consider it gone.


    and how could they still press charges?
    they likely have up to 1 year to press charges if it is a misdemeanor. If a felony, much longer usually


    You have to realize that just because your buddy cops to the crime, that doesn't mean it's true. it just means they won't have any trouble convicting him. If they have reason to believe your buddies claim isn't true, they have all rights to charge you and the rest of your group.

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