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Search & Seizure – Inventory search exception applies to warrantless search

The 4th Circuit ruled that inventory search exception applies to warrantless search of Milton Allen's bags in Raleigh, reversing suppression of evidence. The post Search & Seiz...

Police Search of Backpack During Arrest Was Lawful

Federal appeals court rules against arrestee in challenge to police officer’s seizure of backpack during arrest in U.S. v. Fillyaw.  Local police officers executed a search warrant...

Search & Seizure – Search of defendant’s backpack was not unlawful

The fredericksburg circuit court affirmed denial of motion to suppress evidence from defendant’s backpack after a lawful terry stop and frisk. The post Search & Seizure – Searc...

Search & Seizure – Warrant allowed search of vehicle within curtilage

Where a man moved to suppress evidence found in a vehicle, his motion was denied. The search warrant allowed law enforcement to search vehicles on the property, and the vehicle […]...

Gun Found In Glove Box Leads To Felony Arrest

JONESBORO, Ark. — A Jonesboro traffic stop led to a felony arrest after police reported finding a firearm in a vehicle’s glove box. Jonesboro officers conducted a traffic stop on M...

Troopers Recover Stolen Sports Car, Arrest Suspect in Goodyear

One person arrested during search for illegal drugs in Yuma home

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - A man was arrested during a search of his home by the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force, according to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office. On Tuesday, April 14, at...

The government’s Fourth Amendment double standard

Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court.The federal government recently petitioned for cert...

Arizona’s HB 2917 would eliminate a valuable law enforcement tool

On June 27, 2024, Prescott Valley Police Department Officers stopped a driver who was impaired by alcohol and drugs, had alcohol and drugs in her car, and whose 12-year-old son […]...

Search & Seizure – Officer didn’t improperly extend traffic stop

The court of appeals of Virginia reversed a ruling that an officer impermissibly extended a traffic stop during a 12-second inquiry about weapons and drugs. The post Search & S...

Luigi Mangione trial judge allows gun and notebook to be used as evidence

Other evidence found backpack must be suppressed, says judge, because McDonald’s search was warrantlessSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe judge overseeing Luigi M...

RPG Launcher and Guns Seized at DeConcini Crossing by CBP Officers

Search & Seizure – Defendant wasn’t entitled to copy of search warrant

The court of appeals of Virginia ruled that Code § 19.2-56(B) requires officers to provide a copy of the search warrant only for a place of abode, not for other locations. The post...