On March 23, 2022, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Mason[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to the community caretaker function exception to the probable cause and warrant requirement under [...]
On February 17, 2022, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided Louallen v. State[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle and the ability to expand the scope of the [...]
On February 21, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Wilson v. City of Bastrop[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to excessive force under the Fourth Amendment. The relevant facts of Craig are as [...]
On February 15, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Craig v. Martin[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to excessive force under the Fourth Amendment. The relevant facts of Craig are as follows: Officer [...]
On February 18, 2022, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Bosman[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to an officer’s use of force, or threat of force, during a Terry stop. [...]
On February 22, 2022, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Alloway[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to consent to enter private premises and plain view. The relevant facts of Alloway [...]
On February 1, 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Hobbs[i], which is instructive regarding police use of an emergency order for a cellular service provider to ping a cell phone and provide location information [...]
On January 6, 2022, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Jones[i], which serves an excellent review of the law related to seizures of persons and consent to search when conducting a knock and talk. The [...]
On January 24, 2022, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Kirilova v. Braun[i], which is instructive regarding police use of deadly force under the Fourth Amendment. In Kirilova, officers were called to a possible burglary. When they arrived, witnesses [...]
On January 18, 2022, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Coronado v. Olsen[i], which is instructive regarding police use of force at a SWAT call with a barricaded subject. The relevant facts of Coronado are as follows: On August [...]