{"id":64068,"date":"2026-05-16T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64068"},"modified":"2026-05-16T11:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:47:07","slug":"dc-def-seized-when-blocked-on-sidewalk-not-just-taken-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64068","title":{"rendered":"DC: Def seized when blocked on sidewalk not just taken down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defendant was seized when he was blocked by officers when he was walking, not just when he was taken down to the sidewalk. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dccourts.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-05\/Greer%20v%20US%2023-CF-389.pdf\">Greer v. United States<\/a>, 2026 D.C. App. LEXIS 168 (May 14, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant was stopped because his LPN was expired. Then the officer found his DL was also expired. The car was going to be towed, and the inventory was valid. Hinton v. Commonwealth, 2026 Va. App. LEXIS 276 (May 12, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant was handcuffed and in custody during execution of the search warrant for his place. His statements then were voluntary. United States v. V\u00e9lez, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105108 (D.P.R. May 8, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant was seized when he was blocked by officers when he was walking, not just when he was taken down to the sidewalk. Greer v. United States, 2026 D.C. App. LEXIS 168 (May 14, 2026). Defendant was stopped because his &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64068\">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":[117,39,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-custody","category-inventory","category-seizure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64068","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=64068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64069,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64068\/revisions\/64069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}