My question involves criminal law for the state of: Missouri
My husband believes he may have been unlawfully detained before being arrested. He was on parole at the time, it has since been revoked, and I'm not sure he was, since conditions of probation and parole include agreeing to submit to the requests of law enforcement. Which he didn't. He got pulled over for not signalling, and refused a search of the vehicle. I should mention that a search of the vehicle, with dogs, turned up 100 valium that he as not prescribed. I was unaware of this and kind of think that he has no chance in getting out of this. He had them, he got caught, he's on parole, the best he can hope for, IMO, is a plea bargain. They already dropped the charges from class A to class C.
He is asking me to help him find a case that he believes is similar to his and the gentleman in that case won. The information he has been able to provide for me has been insufficient and sketchy. His cellmate worked in a legal library during one of his many stints in prison and therefore believes he's an expert. Which is why I am trying to find information first before asking our lawyer. I'm not sure he has been given good information, just has his hopes up and I'm not willing to make a fool of myself in front of our lawyer. I prefer to trust the actual expert.
How do I find "control cases"? He thinks the name in this case is Bennings. or something similar. They are also telling me to do a search on the phrase...Am I free to leave? You can imagine how many results these two things turn up.

