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Category: Legal/Case Law
Can Officers Still Secretly Record a Controlled Buy After United States v. Jones?
Esqueda relied on the Supreme Court’s property-based, trespassory test
No Seizure When Suspect Ran
Amos claimed his “one-or two-second pause and halfway hand raise” amounted to submission
iCloud Search Upheld Under the Good Faith Doctrine
“This is clearly an evolving area of the law”
Search of Probationer’s Cell Phone Upheld
The reasonable suspicion standard applies only to searches of parolees or probationers conducted by parole and probation agents
Statements Suppressed After Suspect Asks to Call His Lawyer Sister
The trial court characterized Zakhari’s request to call his sister (the attorney) as equivocal
Officers Improperly Arrested Men for Failure to Provide Identification
Every case holds several “could have, should have, would have” lessons
Requiring Passenger to Provide Identification Was Lawful
Officers are always free to attempt voluntary conversations with passengers
Excited Delirium: Understanding the Evolution Away from a Controversial Term
Changing times, changing terms
Qualified Immunity for Fatal Shooting Involving a Vehicle as a Weapon
The appellate court reversed the trial court’s denial of qualified immunity
What Is “Clearly Established” Law?
So, what is the court’s message for the officer on the street?
Peaceable Conversation Didn’t Create Custody (Talk Nice, Think Mean)
There was no custodial interrogation requiring a Miranda warning