Search Warrant

Nov 5, 2024

4th Circuit: Challenge to government’s filter protocol dismissed

Where a man’s challenge to the search protocol to be used by the government in reviewing material seized by from the man was rejected by the District Court, his appeal was dismissed.

Aug 6, 2024

4th Circuit: Evidence supports drug, firearms possession convictions

Jamie Christopher Henderson appealed his drug and firearm convictions, arguing insufficient evidence and unreasonable sentencing, but the 4th Circuit upheld the District Court's judgment based on strong evidence, including confession, security footage and witness testimony.

Jul 17, 2024

Jury convicts Menendez on all counts

NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted Tuesday of all the counts he faced at his corruption trial, including accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New […]

May 7, 2024

Steps taken against ‘nuisance’ bar

A Pelham bar is one step closer to being closed by the state after a Caswell County judge signed a temporary restraining order for a Chapter 19 “nuisance abatement” action. […]

Mar 11, 2024

Ruling limits police surveillance technique

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before using aircraft to scope out the area around a person’s home with binoculars or cameras with zoom lenses, […]

Aug 14, 2023

Constitutional criticism follows police raid on newspaper

MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism after it raided the offices of a local newspaper and the home of its publisher and owner. Marion County Record Publisher and Editor Eric Meyer said police raided the newspaper's office on Friday, seizing the newspaper's computers, phones and file server and the personal cellphones of staff, based on a s[...]

Jun 5, 2023

Firm’s search warrant fight not covered by insurance

By Nick Hurston A law firm’s expenses to fight a search warrant and defend one of its partners during a criminal investigation weren’t covered losses under the firm’s malpractice insurance […]

Jul 21, 2021

Failure to say when events occurred was fatal for search warrant

For one Cleveland County man who was convicted of illegally possessing a gun, time was truly of the essence. In a matter of first impression, a unanimous North Carolina […]

Sep 26, 2019

Middleman’s word not enough to secure search warrant

A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals panel has reversed the conviction of a Brunswick County woman because the police officer who applied for a search warrant to raid the […]

Oct 26, 2016

Criminal Practice – Search Warrant Upheld Despite Omitted Fact

U.S. v. Wharton (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-147-16, 15 pp.) (Motz, J.) No. 15-4103, Oct. 21, 2016; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Hollander, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A woman convicted of crimes […]

Jun 1, 2016

Criminal Practice – Search Warrant Application Omitted Informant Theft

U.S. v. Lull (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-095-16, 27 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 15-4216, May 25, 2016; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Because a search warrant application […]

Mar 23, 2016

Alleged peeping Tom firefighter wins appeal

The state’s case against a former Currituck County firefighter accused of placing a hidden camera in the women’s bunkroom of a firehouse appears to have crumbled, because a police detective […]