A Drunken Miranda Waiver is Still a Waiver
Author: Jim Chapman In September 2019, staff at a hotel in Camdenton, Missouri, called the police about an occupant who refused to leave...
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Jim Chapman
- Apr 3
- 7 min
Wearing skinny jeans does not give reasonable suspicion
Author: Jim Chapman On February 3, 2019, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Officer Stephen Butler—an eight-year veteran of the Richmond...
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Jim Chapman
- Mar 1
- 7 min
The Ninth Circuit holds that police officers violated the Fourth Amendment by removing the Defendant
Author: Jim Chapman In United States v. Baker, ___ F.4th ___, 2023 WL 1095359, (9th Cir. Jan. 30, 2023), the United States Court of...
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Jim Chapman
- Feb 1
- 9 min
Community Caretaking and Inventory Searches
Author: Jim Chapman In United States v. Anderson, 56 F.4th 748 (9th Cir. 2022), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...
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Jim Chapman
- Jan 4
- 12 min
Hit and Hold
Author: Jim Chapman In October 2018, DEA agents met with a confidential informant who told them that Defendant Troy Alexander was...
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Jim Chapman
- Dec 6, 2022
- 9 min
The Fourth Circuit holds that a police officer did not mislead the Defendant into waiving his Sixth.
Author: Jim Chapman After a tortured procedural history, the case of United States v. Medley, 34 4th 326 (4th Cir. 2022), returned to the...
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Jim Chapman
- Oct 31, 2022
- 6 min