Daily Archives: May 31, 2024

CA7: Officers’ fear force would be used against them was reasonable

“When the deputies encountered him, he appeared intoxicated; they reasonably feared that he might become dangerous, and he became so when, as Culley later admitted in state court, he lunged at them and resisted arrest before they pushed him to … Continue reading

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D.N.M.: Conflict of laws: Does the law of the circuit of the search apply or where the court sits?

Conflict of laws: The search was in the Ninth Circuit but the court sits in the Tenth. Which version of the independent source doctrine applies? As interesting as that question is, despite differences, it doesn’t actually matter here, because it … Continue reading

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