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Firearm suppressed after officers seized parked motorist without reasonable suspicion
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that police unlawfully seized a man sitting in a parked vehicle before detecting the odor of marijuana because an anonymous tip […]
SCOTUS News: 4th Amendment extended to cellphone location data
Police conducted a Fourth Amendment search requiring a valid warrant when they acquired a robbery suspect’s cellphone location data from Google, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a […]
Excessive force allegations against officers survive dismissal
A plaintiff sufficiently alleged a Fourth Amendment excessive force claim where he asserted that officers slammed him to the ground, fractured his arm and applied pressure to his throat during […]
DEA, police raided Bucks home at gunpoint. Wrong address, lawsuit says
A Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania, family says they were left traumatized two years ago after local and federal law enforcement executed a warrant operation at the wrong home. Robert McLaughlin alleges he […]
U.S. Supreme Court backs officer in excessive force case
The doctrine of qualified immunity applied to bar an excessive force suit brought by a protestor who alleged she suffered physical and psychological injuries […]
Remand ordered for hearing on apartment search suppression dispute
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a criminal case after concluding that a U.S. District Court denied a suppression motion without resolving key factual disputes about whether officers […]
Reasonable suspicion and voluntary consent support vehicle search
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress, holding that officers had reasonable suspicion to detain the defendant, did not unlawfully prolong the […]
Drug-detection dog’s alert supports bus luggage search
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a trained drug-detection dog’s alert provided probable cause to search suitcases on a commercial bus under the automobile exception to the […]
General tax warrant search of home violates Fourth Amendment
The North Carolina Court of Appeals held that a search conducted solely under a general administrative tax warrant, issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 105-242, violates the Fourth Amendment when no […]
Lawsuit claims D.C. police violated protester’s rights
A man who says he was detained by police for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his phone sued the […]
State supreme court upholds backpack search in gun case
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled a defendant voluntarily consented to a backpack search, reversing the Court of Appeals and reinstating denial of suppression.
NC Court of Appeals reinstates marijuana evidence in juvenile case
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that trained officers’ sensory identification of marijuana supports probable cause, reinstating evidence in a juvenile case dismissed by a trial court.
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