On May 18, 2022, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Whitley[i], in which the court discussed the reasonable suspicion required to expand a traffic stop into a drug investigation. The relevant facts of Whitley are [...]
On May 23, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Jimenez-Shilon[i], in which the court considered whether the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms applied to illegal aliens. The relevant facts of Jimenez-Shilon are as [...]
On May 26, 2022, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Noriega[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to when it is permissible to expand the scope of a traffic stop beyond [...]
On May 24, 2022, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Gonzalez-Carmona[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to traffic stops and consent searches under the Fourth Amendment. The relevant facts of [...]
On May 25, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Torres v. Howell[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to deadly force under the Fourth Amendment. The relevant facts of Torres are as follows: Plaintiffs-Appellants [...]
On July 13, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided the State v. Hill[i], in which the court examined whether a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cellular phone number and name on their account. The [...]
On April 29, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Phillips[i], which serves as an excellent review of the private search exception to the warrant requirement. The relevant facts of Phillips are as follows: In [...]
On April 22, 2022, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals of decided the United States v. Smith[i], which serves as instructive regarding the legality of multiple frisks of the same suspect during a stop. The relevant facts of Smith are [...]
On April 26, 2022, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Washington[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law as it pertains to probable cause arrest, the automobile exception, and the voluntariness of a [...]
On April 18, 2022, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Montgomery v. Calvano[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law as it pertains to false arrest and qualified immunity. The relevant facts of Montgomery are as follows: [...]