Daily Archives: July 25, 2020

MA: Info there might be armed men holding a hostage inside justified entry

“In this case, the police had information that there might be armed men holding a woman in an apartment against her will. In the circumstances presented here, so long as the officers had ‘an objectively reasonable basis to believe’ that … Continue reading

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M.D.Tenn.: Dashcam perspective may be different than officer’s

The dashcam video does not undermine the crediblity of the officer on the basis for the stop because the dashcam’s perspective may be different than the officer’s. United States v. Cart, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130796 (M.D. Tenn. July 24, … Continue reading

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ND: Failure to adequately brief a 4A issue is waiver

“While Lindquist makes a conclusory statement that his detention was unlawful, he failed to adequately develop an argument in support of this contention. The district court’s findings have adequate support in the record. ‘Our Court will not consider an argument … Continue reading

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KY declines to adopt a per se rule that a completed misdemeanor is not subject to a stop-and-frisk

Kentucky declines to adopt a per se rule that a completed misdemeanor is not subject to a stop-and-frisk because it is too difficult to apply in the field. K.H. v. Commonwealth, 2020 Ky. App. LEXIS 86 (July 24, 2020):

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CO: Traffic stop was objectively reasonable even though officer cited wrong statute

Defendant’s stop was objectively reasonable, even though the officer cited the wrong statute. People v. Ambrose, 2020 COA 112, 2020 Colo. App. LEXIS 1384 (July 23, 2020). “[W]e need not address Salas’s argument that a slight delay to conduct a … Continue reading

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