Category Archives: Reasonable suspicion

CA6: Even if harassment was a basis to exclude a parole search, it wasn’t shown here

The exclusionary rule does not apply in supervised release revocation proceedings. Even if harassment by the officer was a basis to exclude, it wasn’t present here. United States v. Robinson, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 6756 (6th Cir. Mar. 21, 2023)* … Continue reading

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ID: Drug dog putting feet on car door and window during stiff was a trespass on the chattel and the search should have been suppressed

A warrantless Fourth Amendment “search” occurred when the police drug-sniffing dog trespassed against defendant’s vehicle for the purpose of obtaining information about, or related to, the vehicle. When the dog approached the driver’s side on his second pass, he clearly … Continue reading

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D.N.M.: Three days of warrantless real time CSLI was reasonable because of exigency

Three days of real time CSLI was obtained by the police because of a missing child, and it was reasonable as exigency. United States v. Torres, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44017 (D.N.M. Mar. 15, 2023).* No qualified immunity for Tasing … Continue reading

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D.Kan.: Not responding to govt’s 4A alternative arguments de facto waiver

The government’s alterative theories to support the search were sufficient to avoid even deciding a good faith mistake of fact by the officers. Moreover, defendant never addressed the government’s alternative arguments in his briefing. United States v. Bell-Johnson, 2023 U.S. … Continue reading

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NY1: Announcing “NYPD arrest warrant” after entry through an unlocked door violated knock-and-announce

Announcing “NYPD arrest warrant” after entry through an unlocked door violated the state statute on knock-and-announce. People v. Jones, 2023 NY Slip Op 01262, 2023 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1248 (1st Dept. Mar. 14, 2023). A successor 2255 petition based … Continue reading

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CA1: Waiver of 4A claim in lower court is waiver for appeal

Defendant explicitly waived his Fourth Amendment claim in the district court, so he can’t appeal it. United States v. Concepcion-Guliam, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 5830 (1st Cir. Mar. 10, 2023). Delaware’s loitering statute gives the officer the right to ask … Continue reading

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D.N.M.: Lesser intrusive means to towing and inventory not constitutionally required

Lesser intrusive means to towing and inventory are not constitutionally required under Bertine. And here, the traffic stop was legal under Glover because the driver of the unregistered vehicle was the same gender as the registered owner. United States v. … Continue reading

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Psychology Today: Legal Reasonable Suspicion Rests on Unreasonable Assumptions

Psychology Today: Legal Reasonable Suspicion Rests on Unreasonable Assumptions by Melissa Anderson & Cynthia J. Najdowski (“Stereotypes about people of color may be limiting Fourth Amendment protections.”):

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E.D.Mo.: Officers don’t have to rely on occupants’ word that others aren’t present to be able to conduct a protective sweep

Officers don’t have to rely on occupants’ word that others aren’t present to be able to conduct a protective sweep. Apparent authority to consent and inevitable discovery also apply. United States v. Lewis, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30938 (E.D. Mo. … Continue reading

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CA: Unreasonable stop and running warrants revealed def was on parole; suspicionless parole search unreasonable

A man on the street was stopped by police for no apparent reason. A records check revealed he was on parole with a warrantless search waiver on file. The warrantless search of his person was unreasonable, and the exclusionary rule … Continue reading

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S.D.Tex.: Exigency still remained for a second protective sweep of the premises

Enough exigency still remained for a second protective sweep of the premises. United States v. Beard, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29007 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 22, 2023). Collective knowledge from another police department can be relied up to show probable cause. … Continue reading

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CA9: Denying owner access to an impounded car for 30 days is an unreasonable seizure

Denying access to one’s car for 30 days after impoundment without justification was an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment. Untalan v. Stanley, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 4070 (9th Cir. Feb. 22, 2023). CI information led to surveillance then two … Continue reading

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W.D.N.Y.: Using flashlight to look in bag tossed in flight in a house was reasonable on protective sweep

Use of a flashlight in a protective sweep of a black bag tossed by a fleeing suspect in the house was reasonable for safety reasons. Inside, methamphetamine was found. United States v. Adams, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28537 (W.D.N.Y. Feb. … Continue reading

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IA: With a judicial finding of PC, there’s no immediate right to release on bail without a bail hearing

There was probable cause for arrest involving a magistrate’s issuance of the warrant. Because there is probable cause, there’s no right to immediate release on bond under the state and federal constitutions’ bail provisions. Howsare v. Iowa Dist. Court for … Continue reading

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E.D.Mich.: Stop at the Detroit Greyhound bus station lacked RS

Defendant was accosted as he was getting on a Greyhound bus in Detroit and blocked from getting on the bus and asked to produce his ID, ticket, and cell phone. He said he didn’t have his ID and gave the … Continue reading

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W.D.N.Y.: 108-day delay in SW for cell phone was unreasonable

An unreasonable 108-day delay in retrieving defendant’s cell phone from local police after the DEA adopted the case required suppression of the search of the phone. United States v. Adams, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23973 (W.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2023). Officers … Continue reading

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D.Colo.: Date range isn’t always required by 4A for particularity of cell phone SW

In a cell phone search warrant, “Although Trujillo argues that the date range from May 16, 2022, to present lacked ‘legal justification,’ Trujillo provides no explanation or authority as to how this date range rendered the warrant unconstitutionally general. There … Continue reading

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D.Ariz.: Holding on to DL too long during traffic stop required RS

The traffic stop was justified, as was running the DL. However, the officer held on to the license too long and extended the stop without ending it. The continuation of the stop lacked reasonable suspicion. United States v. Serna, 2023 … Continue reading

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N.D.Miss.: Geofence warrant approved in 2018 USPS truck robbery

A geofence warrant is sustained on probable cause and particularity in a post office truck robbery where the driver was beaten in United States v. Smith, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22944 (N.D. Miss. Feb. 10, 2023). While some later steps … Continue reading

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D.Md.: Being handcuffed means one could believe he or she is not free to leave

Handcuffing a person is a sure sign they are not free to leave. Here, however, it was justified by defendant’s own actions. United States v. Johnson, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22159 (D. Md. Feb. 8, 2023).* A successor habeas doesn’t … Continue reading

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