CA2: NY Family Court orders can suffice as SWs

“New York Family Court orders provide an independent basis for police officers to enter peoples’ homes. We have repeatedly recognized that, ‘[i]n child-abuse investigations, a Family Court order is equivalent to a search warrant for Fourth Amendment purposes.’ Southerland v. City of New York, 680 F.3d 127, 144 n.15 (2d Cir. 2012) …” Shaheed v. Kroski, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 34985 (2d Cir. Nov. 3, 2020).*

The suspicionless parole search of defendant’s place was reasonable. United States v. Frazier, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 206440 (E.D. N.Y. Nov. 4, 2020).*

An asserted basis for the stop and search in the trial court that the vehicle defendants were in was stolen is not pursued on appeal by the state because there was no evidence at all the car was stolen. Another basis, reasonable suspicion that the occupants matched the description of robbers of a 7-11, is rejected on appeal as lacking a factual basis. State v. Nyema, 2020 N.J. Super. LEXIS 225 (Nov. 5, 2020).*

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