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Court Suppresses Phone Search, Telling Cops A Warrant With No Probable Cause Is Like Having No Warrant At All
22 July 2022
Not every crime is linked to a cell phone, no matter what cops may think. True, cell phones are omnibuses of information, containing overflowing email inboxes, social...
arizona
atf
bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives
casetext
chevrolet tahoe
detective vance padilla
fourth amendment
fourthamendment.com
michael anthony williams
riley decision
super 8
tucson
u.s. supreme court
DC Federal Court Says Lying Amtrak Officer Can’t Have His Inconsistent Statements And His Evidence Too
1 April 2022
Cops lie. It’s a fact. It’s called testilying and it happens so often hardly anyone can even be bothered to act surprised when these lies are exposed.
This case — coming to us...
Law Prof Suggests Geofence Warrants Are A Net Gain For The Public, Even If They Invert The Probable Cause Standard
5 April 2022
On March 9th, we covered a Virginia court’s decision to reject a geofence/”reverse” warrant as unconstitutional. This was brought to our attention by...
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andrea roth
associated press
carpenter
compensatory damages
constitution
drug dogs
facial recognition
fourth amendment
fourthamendment.com
geofence
geofence warrants
google
law professor jane bambauer
lawfare
punitive damages
reverse warrants
state farm v. campbell
techdirt
third party doctrine
university of arizona
virginia
washington post
Pennsylvania Says Legal Medical Marijuana Means Cops Can't Just Sniff Their Way Into Warrantless Searches
19 January 2022
The legalization of marijuana is changing the probable cause equation all over the nation. What used to be an easy bust and/or a great way to engage in warrantless...
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commonwealth
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csa
emaus avenue
fourthamendment.com
k-9
liberty park
marijuana
medical marijuana act
mma
pennsylvania
superior court
supreme court
terry stop
trooper danielle heimbach
trooper edward prentice
Maryland Court Says Baltimore Prosecutors Can't Hide Their 'Do Not Call' List Of Bad Cops From The Public
7 January 2022
Changes in law, court decisions, and transparency efforts have resulted in the public release of names of officers prosecutors consider too unreliable to ask to testify in...
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baltimore police department
fourthamendment.com
liar list
maryland
maryland court of special appeals
maryland public information act
office for the state's attorney
sao
Colorado Appeals Court Says A Drug Dog That Alerts On Now-Legal Weed Can't Create Probable Cause For A Search
2 December 2021
"Probable cause on four legs." That's the cop nickname for drug dogs, which need to do nothing more than something only perceptible to the officer/trainer to allow...
colorado
colorado springs police department
court of appeals
drug dogs
fourthamendment.com
marijuana
methamphetamine
officer jeremy sheldon
probable cause
restrepo
Students Have Rights: Court Dumps Evidence After Cops Rely On A Month-Old Anonymous Tip To Search A Minor
9 November 2021
As courts seemingly have to remind school administrators (and their partners in unconstitutional crime, school police officers), students -- even minors -- still have...