Can Law Enforcement Enter and Remain in a Home for Twelve Minutes to Assure that a Man is Not Suicidal … OR is that a Constitutional Violation?
[T]he officers had articulable reasons to believe that Mr. Eurton might be arme [...]
Can Two Occupants of a Hotel Room Constructively Possess Methamphetamine at the Same Time?
[V]iewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the state, a reasonable fac [...]
What is the “Reason to Believe” Doctrine that the Suspect Is Inside – When Executing an Arrest Warrant?
[W]e conclude that the law-enforcement officers had a reasonable belief (and ev [...]
Can Law Enforcement Enter a Home Without a Warrant or Consent to Prevent Suicide?
An officer may enter a home without a warrant [or consent] if he has “an object [...]
Can an Ex-Wife Grant Consent to Search her Ex-Husband’s Pot Room After He is Issued a Protection Order to Stay Away from the Home?
Angela’s consent was valid because an officer looking at the then-available fac [...]
Can Law Enforcement Cross the Threshold of a Home to Render Aid to an Injured Animal Under the Exigent Circumstance Doctrine?
The search of the home and surrounding premises was reasonable because the offi [...]
Extended Stay or Eviction? When Hotel Staff can Grant Law Enforcement Access to a Hotel Room
Officer Butcher and five other officers arrived at room 615 at approximately 11 [...]
Can a Person be Successfully Prosecuted for Obstructing Their Own Well-Being Check?
Officers Adamescu and Moore were engaged in the official business of conducting [...]
Did the Corporal Receive Consent to Enter the Hotel Room … Or was the Cocaine and Heroin Fruits of the Poisonous Tree?
Mr. Smith did not provide any form of consent for the corporal to enter the roo [...]
Potential Domestic Violence Call Leads to an Unreasonable Entry and Unreasonable Force
A reasonable jury could find that, by intruding into Robert Reed’s home without [...]