Can the Police Answer a Seized Cell Phone?
The Ninth Circuit recently decided a case that addresses a question I’ve been asked several times: may the police answer a seized cell phone? The answer may depend on the […]
September 16, 2013
Searching Cars for Evidence of DWI
Is it reasonable to believe that the car an impaired driver is operating contains evidence of the DWI? That’s the question law enforcement officers must answer in a post-Gant world […]
September 9, 2013
New Law Regarding Disposal of Seized Guns
When the police seize a gun in the course of an investigation, what becomes of it after any resulting court case concludes? A recent legislative enactment has changed the most […]
September 5, 2013
Strip Searches by Law Enforcement Officers (Part II)
This blog post is divided in two parts. This is Part II. Part I was posted yesterday. That post offered a general introduction, defined a strip search, and discussed the […]
September 4, 2013
Strip Searches by Law Enforcement Officers (Part I)
This blog post is divided in two parts. This is Part I. Part II will be posted tomorrow. Introduction. These posts will discuss strip searches by law enforcement officers that […]
August 22, 2013
Seizure by Blocking One’s Path
The line between a consensual encounter and a seizure can be blurry. Generally, there is no seizure when an officer simply approaches a person and asks the person a question. […]
August 7, 2013
Is the DEA Using NSA Warrantless Surveillance Data in Domestic Drug Investigations?
Maybe so, according to a recent Reuters report. Apparently, the Special Operations Division of the DEA receives information from the NSA and passes it to DEA field agents. The agents […]
August 6, 2013
Search Incident to the Arrest of an Occupant of a Vehicle: Review and Update (Part II)
This topic was divided in two parts. This is Part II. Part I was posted yesterday. In yesterday’s blog post, I discussed the United States Supreme Court in 2009 ruling […]
August 5, 2013
Search Incident to the Arrest of an Occupant of a Vehicle: Review and Update (Part I)
This blog post is divided in two parts. This is Part I. Part II will be posted tomorrow. The United States Supreme Court in 2009 issued a ruling in Arizona […]
August 1, 2013
Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking: The Fifth Circuit Weighs In
I wrote here about how law enforcement officers may obtain historical information about the location of a suspect’s cellular phone. There have been several developments in the law since then, […]
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