Court upholds vehicle search after felony arrest for threatening behavior
Vehicle Search Questioned After Arrest for Threatening Behavior
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Detention and Transportation for Identification Did Not Create an Arrest
Court upholds detention and transportation as a reasonable investigative step, not an arrest.
Suicide Threat Created Exigent Circumstances for Warrantless Entry
Court upholds warrantless entry and use of force in suicide threat case
Officers Accused of “State-Created Danger”
Court examines officers’ liability in domestic violence case
Words Matter — Carefully Describe the “Place to Be Searched”
Court rules on “particularity” of rectory search warrant.
Drug Trafficker Deflated When Drugs Were Found in Spare Tire
Photo array identification by confidential informant was key to the case.
Coerced Rape of Daughter Ends in Confession
Was the confession voluntary or not? The court weighs in.
Officers Violated Inmate’s Privacy During Childbirth
Both officers had a history of inappropriate behavior toward female inmates.
Is a Sno-Cat More Like a Dead Canary or an Elephant?
Cuervo v. Sorenson, 2024 WL 3997268 (10th Cir. 2024) Investigators in Mesa County, Colorado, suspected Patricia Cuervo was concealing a stolen Sno-Cat tracked vehicle (measuring 8 feet wide, 7.5 feet tall, and over 16 feet long) in her garage. They rang her doorbell,...
Can You Say ‘Polizei Spurhund Prüfung’ Five Times Real Fast?
Training and field performance records were the key to proving Raptor’s reliability.
Induced or Predisposed: No Easy Answers When Child Predator Cries ‘Entrapment’
Pitting government inducement vs. predisposition to commit a crime
‘Cherubic’ Wind Opening Door Did Not Allow Lawful Entry
The slippery slope of assuming implied consent