Category: Search and Seizure

The court opined that the officers created a safety concern while off-mission from the purpose of the original traffic stop

Whenever possible, remember to talk nice, think mean

One wonders whether Hansen never thought to just sneak it into the neighbor’s trash when no one is looking

As the appellate court noted, this does not seem to be a hard case

“Police officers owe judges candor when seeking search warrants”

Court: The warrant here is not an exemplar of grammatical precision, and no reading of it is free from ambiguity”

Knowing the rules about traffic stops and following them leads to an unhappy ending for Reyes

The Fourth Amendment does not restrict private citizens

This is an example of the challenge faced in suing a government agency under a Monell claim

The court’s very lengthy opinion is a nice review of the frisk doctrine