Lawyers With a Reputation on Illegal Search Issues
The U.S. Constitution guarantees citizens' individual rights to freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. Over the nation's history, an enormous body of law has arisen interpreting what searches and seizures are reasonable.
At Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley, based in San Antonio, we have been at the forefront of many recent developments in the law involving illegal searches and seizures, and our attorneys are extremely knowledgeable about the applicable guidelines in this area.
If the Texas or federal government is attempting to convict you of a crime based on evidence obtained during an illegal search, we can challenge that evidence on your behalf. Contact us to discuss your specific case with an experienced criminal defense attorney. We offer free initial telephone consultations to criminal defendants and suspects.
Defending Privacy and Constitutional Rights
When evidence against you has been obtained through an illegal search, your attorney will make a motion for the judge to exclude that evidence from consideration by the jury during your criminal trial. This may weaken the prosecution's case against you or destroy it so they have no option but to drop the charges.
Attorney and law firm partner Gerald H. Goldstein, in particular, has been widely recognized within the legal community and in the mainstream news media for his groundbreaking work on illegal search and seizure issues such as:
- The police finding drugs while searching for something else
- Searches of the confidential records of health care providers
- Searches of places of religious worship
- Wiretapping of computers and telephones
If the judge denies your lawyer's motion for exclusion of evidence obtained through an illegal search and, as a result of that evidence, you are convicted of a crime, we can pursue appeals and other postconviction remedies based on the judge's error.
The majority of criminal charges are based on evidence obtained through some sort of search or seizure, and there are many possible lines of attack to call searches into question as potentially illegal. If you have been charged with a crime, you can contact us with confidence that all search and seizure issues will be fully examined.
