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...
Community caretaking and inventory searches
Hit and Hold
The Fourth Circuit holds that a police officer did not mislead the Defendant into waiving his Sixth.
Sixth Circuit holds evidence admissible despite rogue search of nearby trailer
No qualified immunity for officers who stopped car with obscured temporary tag
Probing tactile examination constituted a warrantless search in violation of the Fourth Amendment
Tenth Circuit joins six other circuits in holding that it’s ok to video the police.
Search of a Hotel Hallway
Officers who pepper spray a subdued suspect are not immune from suit
Child pornography convictions survive Miranda warning challenge
Warrantless search of a license plate image approved by the district court as not violating the Four
Wrong Floor
But, You Have the Wrong Guy
Travel Plans
The Seventh Circuit upholds a search warrant that contained false information.
The police’s use of a pole camera violation of the Fourth Amendment
Chalking tires to enforce parking law constitutes an illegal search.
Probable cause for a search warrant.