Daily Archives: January 2, 2020

WA: Was a courthouse security search that turned up drugs properly limited? Remanded for more fact finding

An issue that hasn’t appeared in appellate decisions for a while: May a jacket be searched for drugs at courthouse security? Not here, but more fact finding required. The CSO felt a cell phone to remove it from a pocket, … Continue reading

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SC: Automobile exception search doesn’t have to happen right away

Defendant’s car was well enough connected to him and the crime that the police had probable cause for a search under the automobile exception. Moreover, there is no constitutional requirement that the vehicle be searched immediately under the automobile exception. … Continue reading

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IL: High crime area plus quick furtive movements to floor was RS and suggested a weapon to officer

High drug crime area plus quick furtive movements to floor that suggested to the officer that defendant was concealing a weapon was reasonable suspicion. People v. Hood, 2019 IL App (1st) 162194, 2019 Ill. App. LEXIS 1012 (Dec. 31, 2019). … Continue reading

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