• artyom@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    If you have mushrooms in your car it is not evidence unless it is discovered during a lawful search

    If a cop has a warrant to search your car for mushrooms and you then burn the car to the ground, that’s destruction of evidence.

    If the IRS subpoenas your tax documents and you throw them in a fire, that’s destruction of evidence.

    Anything deemed to be pertinent to an investigation is evidence.

    • pucker4676@lemmy.ml
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      There was no warrant. And in this scenario the piggies accidentally burned the car to the ground while performing an illegal search. Messy example that doesn’t line up 1:1.