{"id":63087,"date":"2026-02-07T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63087"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T16:00:22","slug":"mi-def-not-in-custody-during-execution-of-dna-warrant-where-she-chose-to-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63087","title":{"rendered":"MI: Def not in custody during execution of DNA warrant where she chose to talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a 25-year-old cold case of a buried infant, officers got a warrant for defendant\u2019s DNA. She argued she was in custody for purposes of her statement given at the time, but she wasn\u2019t. The officers were clear on that. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.michigan.gov\/4901dc\/siteassets\/case-documents\/uploads\/opinions\/final\/coa\/20260204_c374157_66_374157p.opn.pdf\">People v. Gerwatowski<\/a>, 2026 Mich. App. LEXIS 981 (Feb. 4, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second suppression motion in this case, and it\u2019s a month out of time and virtually identical to one already denied. United States v. Richmond, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23604 (D.S.D. Feb. 3, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA vehicle stop generally comports with the Fourth Amendment when it is supported by \u2018probable cause that an occupant of the [vehicle] has committed a traffic offense,\u2019 even if the officer stopped the vehicle \u2018for a different reason.\u2019\u201d United States v. Hollyfield, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23257 (E.D. Tenn. Feb. 4, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 25-year-old cold case of a buried infant, officers got a warrant for defendant\u2019s DNA. She argued she was in custody for purposes of her statement given at the time, but she wasn\u2019t. The officers were clear on that. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63087\">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":[117,57,86,20,18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-custody","category-dna","category-pretext","category-probable-cause","category-reasonable-expectation-of-privacy","category-warrant-execution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63087","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=63087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63094,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63087\/revisions\/63094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}