On April 15, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Kenning v. Carli [i], which serves as an excellent review of the law pertaining to when deadly force is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The relevant facts of Kenning, taken directly from [...]
On March 9th, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided Newman v. State [i], which serves as instructive concerning the law related to abandonment of property during an encounter with police. The relevant facts of Newman, taken directly from the case, are [...]
On March 15, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Carloss [i], which discussed the constitutionality of police going past “no trespassing” signs to the front door of a house to conduct a knock and talk. The [...]
On March 9th, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided the State v. Williams [i], which serves as instructive concerning the law related to flight from a consensual encounter and whether that amounts to reasonable suspicion sufficient to justify an investigative [...]
On March 15, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Castillo v. United States [i], which answered a question of first impression in the Eleventh Circuit, particularly whether, as a condition of pre-trial intervention, a warrantless search of a defendant’s residence [...]
On January 5th, 2016, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Daniel [i], which serves as an excellent review concerning probable cause and the automobile exception to the warrant requirement. The relevant facts of Daniel, taken directly from the [...]
On January 11, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Brown [i], which serves as an excellent review concerning tips to police and reasonable suspicion. The relevant facts of Brown, taken directly from the case, are as follows: [...]
On February 1, 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Thompson [i], which serves as instructive concerning the law related to a confidential informant wearing a body camera while engaged in a controlled drug buy inside the [...]
Law enforcement officers frequently work extra jobs or secondary employment while off duty to supplement their salaries. Often these extra jobs take the form of security and often these security jobs take place in apartment complexes that could be correctly [...]
On January 7th, 2016, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Rarick [i], which serves as an excellent review concerning probable cause to search a cell phone and the specificity requirements for search warrants under the Fourth Amendment. [...]