Probation searches are a codified exception to the warrant requirement and not in violation of the Washington constitution. State v. Smith, 2025 Wash. App. LEXIS 1418 (July 21, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leaving defendant\u2019s vehicle on a parking lot potentially for days was not a reasonable alternative, and the towing and inventory were within department standards. United States v. Scott, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138755 (M.D. Ala. May 30, 2025),*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo regardless of whether Defendant Richards actually engaged in a \u2018turn\u2019 or a \u2018movement,\u2019 Officer Reetz cannot be deemed under the circumstances to have violated the Fourth Amendment by reasonably (even if erroneously) concluding that both a signal and immediate egress into the nearest lane were required under the controlling law and facts. See Heien, 574 U.S. at 60 (“The question here is whether reasonable suspicion can rest on a mistaken understanding of the scope of a legal prohibition. We hold that it can.”); see also Scott, 693 F. App’x at 837-38 (same).\u201d United States v. Richards, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138759 (M.D. Ala. June 19, 2025).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Probation searches are a codified exception to the warrant requirement and not in violation of the Washington constitution. State v. Smith, 2025 Wash. App. LEXIS 1418 (July 21, 2025). Leaving defendant\u2019s vehicle on a parking lot potentially for days was … Continue reading