{"id":56368,"date":"2023-11-18T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T19:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=56368"},"modified":"2023-11-19T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T14:02:14","slug":"ia-shining-flashlights-or-patrol-car-spotlights-on-driver-in-an-already-parked-car-is-not-a-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=56368","title":{"rendered":"IA: Shining flashlights or patrol car spotlights on driver in an already parked car is not a seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defendant was seen driving fast in a parking lot near a bar after 2 am. Officers parked near him and approached on foot. They shined their flashlights on the driver from both sides. The use of flashlights was not a seizure. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowacourts.gov\/courtcases\/18077\/embed\/SupremeCourtOpinion\">State v. Wittenberg<\/a>, 2023 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 85 (Nov. 17, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant was parked in front of a house at night and the homeowner called to report a suspicious vehicle. An officer drove up along side the car and a door opened and the officer stopped. He shined the patrol car\u2019s spotlight on the driver and then got out to talk to him. This was not a seizure, as several Eighth Circuit cases have held. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowacourts.gov\/courtcases\/17173\/embed\/SupremeCourtOpinion\">State v. Cyrus<\/a>, 2023 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 84 (Nov. 17, 2023).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant was seen driving fast in a parking lot near a bar after 2 am. Officers parked near him and approached on foot. They shined their flashlights on the driver from both sides. The use of flashlights was not a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=56368\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seizure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56368","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56368"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56372,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56368\/revisions\/56372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}