LA5 & DE: Search issue resolved in prior appeal was law of the case

Without using the words “law of the case” or “res judicata,” the court declines to overturn a motion to suppress that had been litigated in a prior appeal in the same case. State v. Stipe, 2015 La. App. LEXIS 251 (La.App. 5 Cir. February 11, 2015); Ingram v. State, 2015 Del. LEXIS 74 (February 11, 2015).

The smell of marijuana at a traffic stop was reasonable suspicion for a longer detention. United States v. Travis, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17943 (D.Minn. January 9, 2015).*

While other uses of a cell phone are lawful under state law, the record supports the officer’s reasonable belief that defendant was texting while driving as a basis for the traffic stop. United States v. Paniagua-Garcia, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17830 (S.D.Ind. February 13, 2015).*