S.D.Ala.: That Alabama ABC officers didn’t state authority to make a traffic stop isn’t a 4A issue

Defendant was pulled over by state ABC officers. His claim that they lacked authority to do so under Alabama law doesn’t apply in federal court. That’s his only ground, so motion to suppress denied. United States v. Henry, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111402 (S.D.Ala. Aug. 22, 2016).

Officers standing next to defendant’s car on a CVS parking lot could see jars of meth inside, and that was a plain view. United States v. Sullivan, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111465 (S.D.Ill. Aug. 22, 2016).*

Even if defendant didn’t have standing in the Hampton Inn hotel room he didn’t rent and was being evicted from for sex trafficking there, when one of his prostitutes came from another room into the hallway and gave more information, the officers had probable cause and exigent circumstances. United States v. Ford, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111249 (D.Ore. Aug. 22, 2016).*

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