Daily Archives: March 13, 2024

W.D.Tex.: No REP in tent where def was trespassing

Where defendant was staying in a tent on TXDOT property with no trespassing signs, he had no reasonable expectation of privacy when an officer opened the tent flap and saw marijuana and a gun. He was a felon in possession. … Continue reading

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MO: Search incident to 96 hour mental health hold was reasonable

Defendant was picked up on a warrant for 96 hour mental commitment hold. The search incident to that was reasonable. “[T]he deputies’ search of Salcedo, incident to Salcedo being taken into custody pursuant to a warrant under section 632.305 for … Continue reading

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VA: Roadside partial strip search too intrusive and unreasonable

A roadside search ended up with officers searching in the back of defendant’s underwear looking for an object that could be felt but not retrieved because he clenched his buttocks. His shorts fell down but not his underwear. It was … Continue reading

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AR: Computer crash losing drug dog’s performance record doesn’t doom search

The loss of the drug dog’s performance record from a computer crash didn’t make the dog’s alert on the highway unreasonable because those records are of marginal importance. The circuit court resolved credibility questions. No inference of spoliation will be … Continue reading

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Lawfare: Data Broker Sales and the Fourth Amendment

Lawfare: Data Broker Sales and the Fourth Amendment by Aaron X. Sobel (“Why the Fourth Amendment doesn’t actually prevent the government from purchasing personal data from data brokers.”)

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