{"id":2207,"date":"2008-12-24T06:48:30","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T07:17:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T07:17:17","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2207","title":{"rendered":"CA9: Look for parolee did not permit opening drawers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officer had the authority to look for a parolee, but his opening a drawer violated the Fourth Amendment and was not subject to qualified immunity (although the damages likely won&#8217;t be much). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca9.uscourts.gov\/ca9\/newopinions.nsf\/A6914C6644A26D918825747500007C13\/$file\/0615403.pdf?openelement\">Cuevas v. De Roco<\/a>, 531 F.3d 726 (9th Cir. 2008).<\/p>\n<p>While the area could be characterized as &#8220;high crime,&#8221; nothing else supported reasonable suspicion. &#8220;We conclude that beyond the character of the neighborhood, the observations in this case are too minimal to support a reasonable suspicion and the balance tilts in favor of the individual&#8217;s right to personal security and freedom from arbitrary detention.&#8221;  The fact defendant was handcuffed at gunpoint was not an arrest. He was arrested after drugs were found.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.il.us\/court\/Opinions\/AppellateCourt\/2008\/4thDistrict\/June\/4070187.pdf\">People v. Leggions<\/a>, 382 Ill. App. 3d 1129, 321 Ill. Dec. 978, 890 N.E.2d 700 (2008):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By drawing their pistols and putting defendant in handcuffs, the police did not arrest him. Gannon testified he radioed the other officers to approach the Yukon for the purpose of investigating a possible drug transaction. Soon after the police converged on the Yukon and ordered the occupants out, they saw the cocaine in plain view; at that point, they acquired probable cause to arrest defendant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>b2evALnk.b2WPAutP <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2207\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"pingsdone","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}