The three-day validity period for a warrant does not count which days?

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The three-day validity period for a warrant does not count which days?

When counting how long a warrant is valid, two days are not counted: the day the warrant is issued and the day it is executed. You start counting the day after issuance and you count three days, with the execution happening after that counted period. For example, if issued on Monday, you would count Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday as the three days. The warrant can be executed on Friday. You cannot execute on Thursday because that would only allow two counted days before the execution occurs. If issuance is on Friday, you’d count Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and could execute on Tuesday. So the correct idea is that three days are counted, excluding both the issuance day and the execution day. The other options don’t fit because they either change the length or exclude or count days in ways the rule does not specify.

When counting how long a warrant is valid, two days are not counted: the day the warrant is issued and the day it is executed. You start counting the day after issuance and you count three days, with the execution happening after that counted period.

For example, if issued on Monday, you would count Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday as the three days. The warrant can be executed on Friday. You cannot execute on Thursday because that would only allow two counted days before the execution occurs. If issuance is on Friday, you’d count Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and could execute on Tuesday.

So the correct idea is that three days are counted, excluding both the issuance day and the execution day. The other options don’t fit because they either change the length or exclude or count days in ways the rule does not specify.

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