Probation term allowed search of girlfriend’s purse 
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Fourth Amendment, probation, search and seizure
Police conducting a probation search of an apartment could examine the contents of a purse belonging to the probationer’s girlfriend, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming a drug conviction.
Police needed warrant to search arrestee’s cellphone
Published: May 6, 2013
Tags: cellphone, Fourth Amendment, search and seizure, warrantless search
Police were required to obtain a search warrant before examining the contents of an arrestee’s cellphone, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a robbery conviction.
Warrantless blood test ruling gives defense bar new ammo
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 1, 2013
Tags: blood alcohol content, Fourth Amendment, U.S. Supreme Court, warrantless search
WASHINGTON – The effect of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting a per se rule allowing warrantless blood testing in suspected drunken driving cases will be felt far beyond DUI cases, defense attorneys said.
Police could use ‘flash-bang’ device to execute warrant
Published: April 29, 2013
Tags: flash-bang grenade, Fourth Amendment, knock-and-announce, search and seizure
Police didn’t violate the Fourth Amendment when they used a “flash-bang” device during the course of executing a “knock-and-announce” search warrant, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Search of parolee’s vehicle unconstitutional
Published: April 26, 2013
Tags: Fourth Amendment, parole, search and seizure
Police could not rely on a search condition in a parole agreement to conduct a suspicionless search of a parolee’s motel room and vehicle, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a drug conviction.
Benchmarks: Flash-bang okay with knock-and-announce
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 25, 2013
Tags: flash-bang grenade, Fourth Amendment, knock-and-announce, search and seizure
The New Jersey Supreme Court this week declined to adopt a blanket rule that would bar police from using flash-bang devices in the execution of “knock-and-announce” search warrants.
Bullet in plain view justified vehicle search
Published: April 23, 2013
Tags: Fourth Amendment, plain view doctrine, protective sweep, search and seizure
Police officers were justified in conducting a protective search of the occupants of an automobile when they observed a single bullet on the center console of the vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a suppression order.
DRUNKEN DRIVING
Published: April 17, 2013
Tags: blood draw, drunk driving, DWI, exigent circumstances, Fourth Amendment, search and seizure
The mere fact that blood alcohol evidence dissipates over time does not by itself constitute an exigent circumstance justifying the warrantless blood draw of a drunk driving suspect.
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High court rejects warrantless blood draw in DWI case
Published: April 17, 2013
Tags: blood draw, drunk driving, DWI, exigent circumstances, Fourth Amendment, search and seizure
The mere fact that blood-alcohol evidence dissipates over time does not by itself constitute an exigent circumstance justifying the warrantless blood draw of a drunken driving suspect, a divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
School officials couldn’t read student’s text messages
Published: April 2, 2013
Tags: cellphone, civil rights, Fourth Amendment, search and seizure
Public school officials needed reasonable suspicion in order to read text messages on a cellphone confiscated from a student, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing summary judgment in a civil rights case.
