Fourthamendment.com
Fourthamendment.com has summaries of search-and-seizure cases and news, intended as a supplement for the book Search and Seizure, published by Lexis Law Publishing.
Author: John Wesley Hall Jr. is a solo practitioner in Little Rock, Ark. He also often consults on legal ethics matters in domestic, military and international jurisdictions and authors LawOfCriminalDefense.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • Criminal Justice • Consultant • Solo / Small Firm • Private Defense
Recent Posts from Fourthamendment.com
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D.Haw.: TSA search that revealed child porn was unreasonable and suppressed
TSA exceeded its administrative search authority by searching for child pornography in defendant's luggage. Whatever authority TSA had to search photographs for "sheet explosives," this search was not for that purposes by the way it…
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D.Ariz.: Consent to search given after Miranda violation was involuntary
Defendant’s consent was involuntary where it occurred after officers violated his Miranda rights by ignoring his request for counsel. It was reasonable for defendant to conclude that his rights did not matter and it was…
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W.D.Va.: Defendant was not seized when officer told him to hang for a few minutes
Encounter with the police officer investigating a shooting where defendant was stopped on the street and defendant said he wanted to leave and the officer [essentially] told him to stay was not a seizure. United…
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CA10: Possession of physical child porn that had been downloaded is nexus to search home computer
Nexus to defendant’s home was shown by defendant’s possession of physical child porn images and downloaded them. If he downloaded them, it logically would be at home. United States v. Potts, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS…
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D.V.I.: Nexus to defendant's car and house shown in grow operation warrant
It was reasonable for the USMJ to conclude that there was a nexus between defendant’s grow operation and his car and his house. He had to get to the grow operation somehow. United States v.…
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S.D.Fla.: Shots fired call led to hot pursuit into defendant's apartment
Officer responding to a shots fired call with the shooter wearing orange pants and a white shirt saw the likely shooter at the apartment complex [how many people wear orange pants?] and approached him. The…
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SCOTUSBlog--Petition to watch on exclusionary rule
SCOTUSBlog petitions to watch 11-24-09 conference A potential exclusionary rule case, dressed in RS's clothing: Docket: 09-102 Title: Virginia v. Rudolph Issue: Did the Supreme Court of Virginia properly find, on the facts of this…