Category: Search and Seizure

Lump Plus Lies Create Probable Cause

Lump Plus Lies Create Probable Cause

[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]United States v. McGhee (8th Cir. 2019) An officer responded to a traffic crash involving Delandus McGhee. McGhee told...

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Justifying a No-Knock Entry

Justifying a No-Knock Entry

[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Geiger v. Sloan, 780 Fed. Appx. 150 (5th Cir. 2019) An officer prepared an affidavit for a no-knock search warrant at...

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Unnecessary Bathroom Chaperone Was Intrusion of Bodily Privacy

Unnecessary Bathroom Chaperone Was Intrusion of Bodily Privacy

[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Ioane v. Hodges, 2018 (9th Cir. 2019) Over 13 years ago (who says that justice isn’t speedy?), Internal Revenue Service...

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Another Case of Tight Handcuffs Leading to Potential Liability

Another Case of Tight Handcuffs Leading to Potential Liability

[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]McGrew v. Duncan, 2019 (6th Cir. 2019) Over the past year, Lexipol's Xiphos newsletter has featured several court...

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Political Hacking Leads to Discovery of Child Pornography

Political Hacking Leads to Discovery of Child Pornography

[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]United States v. Loera, 2019 (10th Cir. 2019) Jason Loera came to the attention of investigators when he began illegally...

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Curtilage Intrusion to Seize Stashed Gun Was Lawful

Curtilage Intrusion to Seize Stashed Gun Was Lawful

[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]United States v. Richmond, 2019 (7th Cir. 2019) Two officers were patrolling late at night, in a marked police cruiser,...

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