Plaintiff\u2019s prison visit questioning for 15-20 minutes about whether she had brought drugs into a prison was reasonable. Her strip search based on an anonymous tip was completely uncorroborated and was without reasonable suspicion. The law had been clearly established since at least 1996 that a prison visitor strip search had to be based on at least reasonable suspicion. Therefore, no qualified immunity. Hernandez v. Montanez, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61335 (D. Mass. May 2, 2014).<\/p>\n
After a traffic stop, the officer accumulated reasonable suspicion. After giving defendant his papers back, he asked defendant if he\u2019d continue to talk to him, and defendant agreed. A drug dog arrived and alerted. The continuation was with consent, and the trial court erred in suppressing. State v. Knox, 2014 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 34 (May 2, 2014).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Plaintiff\u2019s prison visit questioning for 15-20 minutes about whether she had brought drugs into a prison was reasonable. Her strip search based on an anonymous tip was completely uncorroborated and was without reasonable suspicion. The law had been clearly established … Continue reading