LA5: Girlfriend’s address parolee gave as his address, which was not the official one on file, could be searched by PO

Defendant’s telling his PO that he lived with his girlfriend, even though it was not the official address on the agency records, was sufficient to search that place as his under the parole exception. State v. Bolden, 13 So. 3d 1168 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2009).

Valid traffic stop and smell of burnt marijuana justified search of tow truck defendant was driving. State v. Savoie, 15 So. 3d 207 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2009).*

Officer had reasonable suspicion without a mistake of law for the stop of the defendant. (Court elaborates on mistake of law and reasonable suspicion.) State v. Hubble, 2009 NMSC 14, 146 N.M. 70, 206 P.3d 579 (2009), released for publication April 28, 2009.*

Citizen informant’s face-to-face tip to officer that defendant was drinking and driving provided reasonable suspicion for defendant’s stop even though the officer did not get the man’s name. State v. Satter, 2009 SD 35, 766 N.W.2d 153 (2009):

[*P21] In the totality of these circumstances, given the increased reliability of face-to-face tips, the precise identification of the van, the strong basis of the tipster’s knowledge, the immediacy with which he reported his observations, the lack of facts left to corroborate, and the minimal intrusion of a vehicle stop on the occupants’ liberty compared to the potential, imminent threat of the observed behavior, this tip was sufficiently reliable to create reasonable suspicion.

Defendant’s stop was based on first hand reliable information from a CI with a record of past performance that was timely. Perez v. State, 295 S.W.3d 681 (Tex. App.–Amarillo 2009).*

Sole proprietor a medical P.A. could bring a claim for seizure of its records. Lewis v. Okla. State Bd. of Chiropractic Examiners, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41445 (W.D. Okla. May 15, 2009).*