Is it Objectively Reasonable to Conduct Warrant Checks During a Knock and Talk Inside an Apartment?
Yes! There is no evidence that Deputy Kyle's entry into apartment B and subsequ [...]
Can Law Enforcement Search a Hotel Room While Paramedics Work on an Unconscious Overdose Patient in the Bathtub?
[T]he actions of the officers demonstrate a complete rejection of the intent an [...]
Did Tim have an Expectation of Privacy for His Pole Barn Beer Pong Competition?
Accordingly, no Fourth Amendment violation occurred in this case when the deput [...]
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. [...]
Did Cambridge Police Enter the Home under an Exigent Circumstance or Consent?
Two Courts Disagree In this case, while we find the facts and circumstances did [...]
Does Nate’s Mom Still Know Where He Is Staying?
[B]ecause Bollheimer had stayed past his checkout time, never expressed an inte [...]
Walter Not Only Knew His Fourth Amendment Rights … He Created a New Fourth Amendment Right!
We therefore hold that an occupant who is absent due to a lawful detention or a [...]
Sometimes Husbands and Wives disagree … But What is an Officer to Do?
We therefore hold that a warrantless search of a shared dwelling for evidence o [...]
A Consensual Entry That Wasn’t. The Officers Were Wrong … But Were They Reasonable?
“[T}he police officer conducting a search or seizure under one of the exception [...]
Did Partiers at Peaches’ Create Probable Cause or Create Plaintiffs?
Peaches had strippers in g-strings, a naked prostitute on a mattress and an uns [...]