The District Court of Nassau Co. N.Y. holds that the police had probable cause for a search warrant for blood results after a motor vehicle accident, but suppresses the evidence based on the physican-patient privilege because it was drawn for medical purposes. People v. Muscarnera, 2007 NY Slip Op 27224, 16 Misc. 3d 622 (Nassau Co. 2007).*<\/p>\n
Maryland holds that a police officer who had the only set of some files at his house and not at work where they belonged could be ordered to produce them under threat of disciplinary action without violating the Fourth Amendment. FOP Montgomery County Lodge 35 v. Manger, 175 Md. App. 476, 929 A.2d 958 (2007):<\/p>\n
The files at issue belong to the MCPD and, thus, it was reasonable for them to demand appellant to produce the files. Thus, the action was justified at its inception. Had the files been located at the district station, the MCPD would have simply taken the files from the cabinet. The circumstances resulting from the accommodation of MCPD in permitting maintenance of files off site precluded the public employer, MCPD, from simply and as acknowledged by all parties, rightfully, taking the files. Reasonableness of the seizure, as considered under the circumstances, dictated that the MCPD demand appellant to produce the files immediately. Appellant’s invitation to the officers to enter his residence, simply for the purpose of carrying the boxes out, did not involve an unreasonable seizure as proscribed by the Fourth Amendment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sua sponte appellate determination of standing, based on defendant’s testimony, when the issue was not litigated below, was inappropriate because of the lack of a full record. “While the appeals court was not precluded from conducting a sua sponte inquiry into Moody’s standing, we conclude the panel should have limited its review to the record at the suppression hearing, which was lacking facts necessary to make a fully informed determination.” Moody v. People, 159 P.3d 611 (Colo. 2007).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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