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Search Results for: Hodari D.

Understanding Whether a Seizure Occurs When an Officer’s Vehicle Blocks Another Vehicle

February 9, 2016 Bob Farb

…he dropped the gun, which was abandoned under the Fourth Amendment. Application of Hodari D. to other Fourth Amendment issues. Hodari D. has been applied in later U.S. Supreme Court…

Categories Motor Vehicles, Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags fourth amendment, hodari, seizure, stover, vehicles 2 Comments

When Does a Seizure Occur When an Officer’s Vehicle Displays Emergency Lights That Directs a Vehicle to Stop?

March 28, 2017 Bob Farb

…the Fourth Amendment. Hodari D. and Mangum are discussed below. Facts in Hodari D. A group of youths, including the defendant, fled at the approach of an unmarked police car…

Categories Motor Vehicles, Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags court of appeals, fourth amendment, hodari d., mangum, seizure, show of authority 6 Comments
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State v. Turnage and Determining When a Defendant is Seized

May 23, 2018 Shea Denning

…in State v. Turnage, __ N.C. App. ___ (May 15, 2018). Background. The United States Supreme Court held in California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621 (1991) that a person…

Categories Search and Seizure Tags flee to elude, fourth amendment, hodari d., seizure, state v. turnage, submission to authority, United States v. Curry, United States v. Roberson 9 Comments
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Case Summaries – U.S. Supreme Court (March 25, 2021)

May 24, 2021March 29, 2021 Phil Dixon

…person submits to an officer’s show of authority. In Hodari D. v. California, 499 U.S. 621 (1991), the Court noted that the application of any physical force to a suspect…

Categories Case Summaries, Search and Seizure Tags arrest, fourth amendment, seizure, Torres, US supreme court Leave a comment

Reasonable Suspicion Arising After An Officer’s Order to Stop

October 16, 2017November 3, 2010 Jeff Welty

…similar results. See, e.g., United States v. Smith, 217 F.3d 746 (9th Cir. 2000) (relying on Hodari D. to reject the argument that “only the factors present up to the…

Categories Uncategorized Tags hodari d., reasonable suspicion, seizure, submission 4 Comments
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State v. Eagle: Blue Lights and Impeded Egress Equal a Fourth Amendment Seizure

December 14, 2022 Shea Denning

…officer’s show of authority. California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621 (1991). When a person, including the occupant of a vehicle, is already stationary at the time an officer displays…

Categories Search and Seizure Tags bostick, fourth amendment, hodari d., reasonable person, seizure, state v. eagle, Steele, Turnage
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Warrantless Stops 101: Did a Seizure Occur?

March 17, 2016October 13, 2014 Jessica Smith

…Right upfront it’s important to note that if no seizure occurred, the Fourth Amendment isn’t implicated. See, e.g.,California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621, 626 (1991) (because the defendant had…

Categories Search and Seizure, Uncategorized Tags fourth amendment, Search and Seizure, seizure, warrantless stops 3 Comments

You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide

March 16, 2010 Jeff Welty

…alone. (3) Walking away is much less suspicious than running. In California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621 (1991), Justice Scalia famously quoted Proverbs 28:1 — “The wicked flee when…

Categories Uncategorized Tags flight, reasonable suspicion, resisting, running, terry Leave a comment

Kidnapping by Pursuit: Evading Criminal Liability in State v. Andrews.

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 Joseph L. Hyde

…California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621 626 (1991)). By a North Carolina statute enacted in 1901, the forcible or fraudulent kidnapping of any person was declared to be a…

Categories Crimes and Elements Tags kidnapping, State v. Andrews, State v. Fulcher

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