First off it is totally legal to take someone's trash. If it is the RA they have the right to enter without a search warrant and a police officer can only go in without a search warrant if the person gave consent which in this case he did. Because he allowed him to and because he would have found a broken piece with residue it is automatically collected as evidence. Those bastards took a really awesome gym bag of mine because it was collected for evidence...you probably won't see that trash can again so I hope your not too set on it. Anyway all in all it is legal to go through someone's trash if they have a search warrant or if the person allowed consent to enter the house. The only time a person can go through someone's trash without permission or a search warrant is if the trash is on the curb. Thats how a lot of big time drug dealers end up getting busted, so thats a good tip if anyone reading this is getting tailed by police. I think that answers your question, it was a bit ambiguous so let me know if it doesn't answer it.....oh yeah and as far as the second part no they can take the trash bag/can because it automatically becomes evidence.
Dream of the iris Reviewed by Dream of the iris on . trouble on campus, but is it legal? ... so heres the story... a student of a private university (who lives on campus) was ambushed recently... RA's of this certain university responded to complaints about the smell of a specific illegal substance, Mary Jane... The RA's proceeded to knock on the door of this students dorm room and the student opened the door completely unaware of the situation... The two RA's asked the student if they could come in and look around for any evidence and the student complied... The RA's found several Rating: 5