{"id":62924,"date":"2026-01-28T12:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62924"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:12:19","slug":"d-n-m-impoundment-of-backpack-not-shown-proper-under-police-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62924","title":{"rendered":"D.N.M.: Impoundment of backpack not shown proper under police procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The impoundment of defendant\u2019s car and his backpack from an apartment complex parking lot was not shown to be within the standardized procedures of the department. That\u2019s the government\u2019s burden. Motion to suppress granted. United States v. Majedi, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14588 (D.N.M. Jan. 27, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a \u201crough ride\u201d case, there was no case law close enough to say that the law was clearly established. Johnson v. Edwards, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 2057 (7th Cir. Jan. 27, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s stop for a broken taillight lacked reasonable suspicion because there was at least some red light showing, and that satisfies Colorado law. United States v. Forrest, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14154 (D. Colo. Jan. 20, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no reasonable expectation of privacy under the Florida wiretapping statute in a recorded business zoom call over FDA regulatory matters of the business. Aguila v. RQM+ LLC, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14013 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 26, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impoundment of defendant\u2019s car and his backpack from an apartment complex parking lot was not shown to be within the standardized procedures of the department. That\u2019s the government\u2019s burden. Motion to suppress granted. United States v. Majedi, 2026 U.S. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62924\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,39,40,18,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inevitable-discovery","category-inventory","category-qualified-immunity","category-reasonable-expectation-of-privacy","category-reasonable-suspicion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62926,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62924\/revisions\/62926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}