If a Trooper Delays a Traffic Stop for an Improperly Displayed License Plate Does that Make the Stop Unreasonable Based on the Stale Probable Cause Doctrine?
Mr. Flack asserts that since Tpr. Hamed pulled off the highway (sitting in the [...]
If an Officer has a Seventeen Minute Traffic Stop before the Canine Arrives … Is that Objectively Reasonable … or Should Mr. Thobe’s F-2 Amount of Methamphetamine be Suppressed?
[I]n this case, at all times Officer Little was working on the purpose of the s [...]
If an Officer Moves a Refrigerator to Grab Two Bags of Cocaine Observed in Plain View and the Freezer Inadvertently Opens to Reveal a Locked Safe … is that Reasonable?
In his merit brief, Mr. Frisbie also asserts in passing that the officers’ movi [...]
Can the Type of Cigarette a Suspect was Smoking Help Establish if He “Constructively Possessed” Fentanyl?
The black case containing the controlled substances was located on the top of t [...]
Should a Canine’s Alert be Rejected based on the Totality of the Circumstances Doctrine?
NO! [W]e conclude that based on [Canine] Gemma’s alert, Officer Brubaker had pr [...]
Can Law Enforcement Utilize a Helicopter to Observe a Private Residence Curtilage?
Maybe, kind-a, sort of … not always … but sometimes. (1) Was the police helicop [...]
Kandale Initially Complied when Stopped but Quickly Fled and Crashed – Were Either of His Detentions Reasonable?
Thus, the initial stop was nothing more than a temporary stop and that Mr. Harr [...]
Can Striking a Spouse on the Buttocks that Only results in Pain Sustain a Conviction of Domestic Violence?
Yes! [A] reasonable person could foresee that striking another person with a cl [...]
Kennedy’s Marijuana Sprint led to Plastic Baggie Peek-a-Boo and the application of the Single Purpose Container Doctrine
[W]e conclude that law enforcement was authorized to search the bookbag under t [...]
Is it Ever Wrong to be Too Far to the Left?
The undisputed evidence was that the defendant had driven through marked parkin [...]