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by ErrantX 5210 days ago
Given that it is the prosecution who raised the problem, I am not 100% sure I'd agree with you.

This looks an awful lot like another examples of "incompetence, not malice".

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Even being noticed by the prosecution, they should not benefit from the mistake. Raising this issue themselves is a nice way to apply the incompetence defense while benefiting from the initial abuse. If they are allowed to prevail, other future seizures may be done using the abusive mandate and later be "corrected".

If that's something that would come up anyway, it's smart to raise the issue themselves before the defense does it.

Absolutely; I hope the judge rules the seizure invalid for exactly that reason.