[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Carpenter v. United States, U.S., No. 16-402 (2017) Justice Neil M. Gorsuch took center stage with his robust questions from the bench during arguments in the Carpenter v....
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]United States v. Mirabal, (10th Cir. 2017) A deputy had reliable information (a tip from other government agents) that Gabriel Mirabal, a convicted felon, had an assault...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]From new threats such as synthetic opioids to tried-and-true challenges involving social media and use of force...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Sims v. Labowitz, (4th Cir. 2017) Trey Sims, 17 years old, used his mobile phone to record himself fondling his erect penis. He sent the video recordings and photos to his...
United States v. Wise, (5th Cir. 2017) Morris Wise was a passenger on a Greyhound bus bound for Chicago from Houston. At a regular stop, interdiction officers boarded the bus and the bus driver consented to a search of the passenger compartment. One of the...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]This is the first quarterly fire law review covering some of the top legal headlines in the fire service between July 1, 2017 to October 1, 2017. Cybercasualties: Whether...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Windham v. Harris County, (5th Cir. 2017) William Windham, a medical doctor, ignored his own doctor’s medical advice to not drive and then drove his car into the rear of...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s note: This case might seem familiar to you. It should. It was covered in Xiphos in January here. Pauly v. White, 874 F.3d 1197 (10th Cir. 2017) On a dark and...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Cole v. Commonwealth, (Va. 2017) An officer arrested Abdul Rahman Cole for a warrant. During the inventory of Cole’s car, the officer found an open alcohol container and...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Collins v. Commonwealth, 790 S.E.2d 611 (Va. 2016), cert. granted sub nom Collins v. Virginia, No. 16-1027 (U.S. Sept. 28, 2017) A motorcyclist on an orange and black...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]People v. Garvin, 2017 (N.Y. 2017) Sean Garvin committed several bank robberies by the time police found his fingerprint on a demand note used at one of the banks. The same...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]United States v. Bain, (1st Cir. 2017) Yrvens Bain was on probation following a series of drug trafficking convictions and some prison time. Investigators made multiple...
