Sample Form 4 
 
MOTION TO SUPPRESS ILLEGALLY SEIZED EVIDENCE 
 

State of Alabama  
 
 
 
 
          v. 

 
 

_____________________  
 
Defendant   

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

_________________ 
Case Number 

STATE OF ALABAMA 
In the ___________ Court of 
__________________ County 

The defendant, ___________________________, by and through his 

undersigned attorney, respectfully moves this court to suppress the 
following evidence seized as a result of a search of (specific building  
and location) __________________________________________________________ 
_______________________________________________________________________, 
and of his person: 
 

(list items seized) 

he defendant lists the following grounds for the above motion: 

   
(1) Defendant was arrested without a warrant and without probable 

cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States 
Constitution. 

2) The issuance of the search warrant was a result of an affidavit 

based on hearsay evidence, in whole or part, without existence of a 
substantial basis on believing that there was a factual basis for the 
information or substantial basis for believing the source of the hearsay to 
be credible. 

) The search of defendant’s premises and person was illegal and all 

fruits of the search must be suppressed because: _________________________ 
__________________________________________________________________________. 

4) (State other reasons the evidence was illegally seized:) 

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Rule 3,9 and 15   

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

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Attorney for Petitioner  
 

     

 

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