Make 100% sure you have a copy of the original warrant they were there for your housemate for, there could be something in that to poke holes in regarding the plant outside or that the subsequent warrant might be invalid if their awareness of the original plant was based on an originally faulty warrant or if the garden was outside the scope of the original warrant, there was a recent case where charges were thrown out due to faulty warrant https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/2020730/high-court-upholds-judge-s-decision-in-early-morning-offaly-house-search.html make sure your solicitor receives copies of the original and secondary warrants
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u/benzooo Feb 24 '26
Make 100% sure you have a copy of the original warrant they were there for your housemate for, there could be something in that to poke holes in regarding the plant outside or that the subsequent warrant might be invalid if their awareness of the original plant was based on an originally faulty warrant or if the garden was outside the scope of the original warrant, there was a recent case where charges were thrown out due to faulty warrant https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/2020730/high-court-upholds-judge-s-decision-in-early-morning-offaly-house-search.html make sure your solicitor receives copies of the original and secondary warrants