On September 21, 2022, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Clinton v. Garrett[i], which is instructive regarding when it’s reasonable to stop a car bearing a temporary tag that the officer cannot read. The relevant facts of Clinton are [...]
On September 23, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Grushko[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to home entry under the authority of an arrest warrant. The relevant facts of [...]
On September 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of Georgia decided Peacock v. State[i], in which the Court had to decide whether it violated the Fourth Amendment when investigators searched Peacock’s truck pursuant to a search warrant of a residence when [...]
On September 15, 2022, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Dawson[i], which is instructive regarding what constitutes valid probable cause to support a search warrant. The relevant facts of Dawson are as follows: FBI Agent [...]
On September 20, 2022, the Supreme Court of Georgia decided Jones v. State[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to plain view and the seizure of evidence from the curtilage of a residence. The relevant facts [...]
On September 1, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Jackson v. Cowan[i], in which University of Georgia (UGA) police officers arrested a man preaching an unpopular message in an area designated by the school for free expression when [...]
August 30, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Robinson v. City of Huntsville[i], in which officers responded to a call of an emotionally disturbed woman with a gun. The relevant facts of Robinson are as follows: On May [...]
In 2007, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Virden[i], in which the court examined whether transporting a drug suspect and his vehicle to another location to have a K9 sniff the exterior of the vehicle [...]
On August 22, 2022, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided Watson v. State[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to pretextual traffic stops, the use of confidential informants, and reasonable suspicion to expand the scope [...]
On June 15, 2022, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided Williams v. State[i], which serves as instructive regarding whether felony-stop tactics by police constitute an unlawful, de-facto arrest. The relevant facts of Williams are as follows: In January 2019, [...]