Police officers are often called to hotels and motels in response to noisy or unruly guests. Often the hotel or motel keepers tell the guests to leave and the guests argue that they need advance notice. In this situation, officers [...]
On April 21, 2015, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia decided the United States v. Gross [i], which serves as an excellent review of the law pertaining to consensual encounters and Terry Stops, particularly as often used by police street crime [...]
On April 15, 2015, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Mobley v. Palm Beach Sheriff Dept. et al. [i], which serves as an excellent review of the law pertaining to the Fourth Amendment and the use of force. The relevant facts [...]
On September 5, 2014, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the Aipperspach v. McInerney et al [i], in which they upheld as reasonable the shooting of a man with a BB gun and held that a news helicopter’s video of the [...]
On January 5th, 2015, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Webster [i], which answers the question of whether suspects have a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding conversations in the caged area of a patrol vehicle. In Webster, on [...]
On March 25, 2015, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. White [i], in which they decided the issue of whether a warrantless, non-consensual search of a parolee on a condition of parole is reasonable under the Fourth [...]
On November 26th, 2014, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Chartier [i], which serves as an excellent review of the law pertaining to reasonable suspicion to make a traffic stop, expansion of the scope of the stop, [...]
On November 14th, 2014, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Walker [i], which serves as an excellent review of the law pertaining to reasonable suspicion required to conduct an investigatory stop. The relevant facts of Walker, taken directly [...]
On September 23, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided the Holland v. State [i], which serves as an excellent review of the law pertaining to probable cause to arrest someone for DUI and the legal sufficiency of the blood test. [...]
On November 14, 2014, the First Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Fermin [i], which serves as an excellent review of the law pertaining to reasonable suspicion to detain a person for a drug investigation. The relevant facts of Fermin, [...]