How have the courts dealt with the seizure of illicit liquors in the context of search warrants?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. James, 219 Cal.App.3d 414, 268 Cal.Rptr. 105 (Cal. App. 1990):
For example, in McDonald v. State, the authorities secured a search warrant to search for intoxicating liquors on the premises. They searched the premises and found nothing. They left and returned an hour later, ostensibily under the authority of the same warrant. This time they found illicit whiskey. In invalidating the seizure
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