Can Law Enforcement Open the Van Door of a Driver Slumped Over the Wheel in an Empty Parking Lot at 2:19 a.m. … or is that an Unreasonable Search?
[W]hen the officers opened the vehicle for those purposes, they were acting und [...]
Can Law Enforcement Cross the Threshold of a Doorway to Stand-By for Clothing under the Community Caretaking Doctrine?
Caniglia makes clear that Couch cannot justify his warrantless entry into Richa [...]
Can the Community Caretaking Doctrine Permit Law Enforcement to Cross the Threshold of a Residence?
What is reasonable for vehicles is different from what is reasonable for homes. [...]
What is Reasonable at 1:37 a.m. Is Different Under a Judge’s Fluorescent Office Lights
[A]t the time police in this case entered the cell phone tower, we find they la [...]
How Did Deputy Bailey Put Kelly’s Freedom on the Fritz?
The totality of the circumstances known by Deputy Bailey provided probable caus [...]
Was Kron too Impaired to ‘Know’ he initiated a Violent Assault on Two Officers?
We find that, if believed, this evidence—that Hendricks swung and hit Officer E [...]
Killing, Bad Driving and a Caring Deputy Lead to a New Legal Doctrine
Today the Community Caretaking Doctrine is seldom used but the courts and commu [...]