Category: Search and Seizure

Strip Search Leads to Cocaine Lawfully Retrieved from…

Strip Search Leads to Cocaine Lawfully Retrieved from…

[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...

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Your Call: Search, Warrantless Search or No Search?

Your Call: Search, Warrantless Search or No Search?

[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...

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Officer’s Warrantless Smartphone Search Permitted by Border Search Doctrine

Cell Phone Records Locate a Real Prince

[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Jones v. United States, (D.C. Ct. App. 2017) Prince Jones, not a real prince of a guy, called two escorts. When they showed up, he forced them to perform sex acts at...

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Reasonable Suspicion Leads to Questions About Seizure

Reasonable Suspicion Leads to Questions About Seizure

[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]New Year’s Eve didn’t end well for Louis Roberson. The evening started auspiciously. Roberson met a blind date in the parking lot of Slick Willie’s Pool Hall, and within a...

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