Like for example: a drug raid, or they’re accusing you of illegal hacking, or some sort of TheSilkRoad type of stuff.
Assuming the original investigation find no evidence and leads to no charges, could they use the pirated content that you have as a last ditch effort to get you in prison? Not distributing, just personal use.
Not limited to any specific jurisdiction, just want to know what happens in general.
I guess it’s about US law? Idc, here’s German law: As far as I know, pirated content so far hadn’t any relevance in lawsuits based on house seraches. Normally you got problems worse than piracy when they search your house/seize electronics and piracy when discovered so far wasn’t an extra count in lawsuits. But if they really have the urgent need to accuse you of something, they will take whatever they can and only because it so far wasn’t an extra count it doesn’t mean they didn’t reagard it as detail which may has an influence on the verdict.