Defendant officers\u2019 motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity for violating the knock-and-announce rule is denied. The law is well settled for 25 years and there are no blanket exceptions. The rest is fact bound. Murphy v. Grochowski, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141591 (M.D. Pa. Aug. 9, 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defendant opened his backpack during an encounter with the police, and the incriminating nature of some of the contents was immediately apparent to the officer so it could be seized. United States v. Johnson<\/a>, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 21959 (10th Cir. Aug. 9, 2022).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stopping defendant for not stopping at the apparent unmarked crosswalk between two sidewalks on the exit from an apartment building was reasonable. The smell of marijuana was apparent. United States v. Stevenson<\/a>, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 21970 (6th Cir. Aug. 9, 2022).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n The search warrant in this fraud case wasn\u2019t stale. There were records and proceeds sent to defendant’s mother’s house. United States v. Brown<\/a>, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 21979 (4th Cir. Aug. 9, 2022).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Defendant officers\u2019 motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity for violating the knock-and-announce rule is denied. The law is well settled for 25 years and there are no blanket exceptions. The rest is fact bound. Murphy v. Grochowski, 2022 U.S. … Continue reading