"Reasonableness": The Police Standard (194KB)
Averting Evidence Suppression (536KB)
Post Arrest Time Limits (242KB)
Car Searches (620KB)
Investigative Detentions (200KB)
Traffic Stops (200KB)
Police Trespassing (276KB)
Detaining Witnesses (192KB)
Voicemail (160KB)
People v. Smith (82Kb) ( December 22, 2003) __Cal. 4th__ : ISSUE: Can a court reduce a defendant's sentence on grounds of "sentence entrapment?"
Maryland v. Pringle (67Kb) ( December 15, 2003) 540 US__ : ISSUE: After finding drugs in the back seat of a car, did an officer have probable cause to arrest all three of the vehicles occupants?
United States v. Banks (75Kb) ( December 02, 2003) 540 US __ : ISSUE: Did officers violate the knock-notice rule when they entered Banks apartment?
People v. Riva (68Kb) ( October 22, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: (1) Under what circumstances can a Miranda waiver be implied? (2) Does a suspect invoke his right to remain silent when he tells an officer he doesn't want to say anything else "right now?"
United States v. Soriano (77Kb) (9th Cir. October 15, 2003) : ISSUE: Was a woman's consent to search a motel room involuntary because she was told that, if she refused, (1) she would be arrested and her children taken from her, and (2) a warrant to search the room would be issued?
U.S. v. Ibarra (9th Cir. September 26, 2003 (82Kb) ( October 15, 2003) : ISSUE: Was an orchestrated pretext traffic stop unlawful?
In re William V. (63Kb) ( September 17, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: Is a school resource officer a "school official" for purposes of detaining and searching students?
Meredith v. Erath (59Kb) (9th Cir. September 08, 2003) __ F.3d __ : ISSUE: Did an IRS agent use excessive force in handcuffing and detaining a woman during a search of her residence?
People v. Garcia (52Kb) ( August 26, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: Did officers have probable cause to search a bar for drugs based on drug sales made there by a customer?
People v. Butler (53Kb) ( August 13, 2003) 111 Cal.App.4th 150 : ISSUE: Did a sheriff's deputy have grounds to detain a suspected drug dealer?
Haynie v. County of Los Angeles (71Kb) (9th Cir. August 12, 2003) __ F.3d __ : ISSUE: (1) Did a sheriff's deputy have grounds for a car stop? (2) Was the stop unnecessarily prolonged? (3) Did the deputy have grounds to pat search the driver? (4) Did the stop become a de facto arrest when the deputy handcuffed the driver and placed him inside a patrol car?
People v. Hulland (72Kb) ( August 06, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: Was there probable cause for a warrant to search the home of a marijuana seller? If not, should the warrant be upheld under the good faith rule?
People v. Sanders (126Kb) ( July 31, 2003) __ Cal.4th __ : ISSUE: If officers discover evidence while conducting an illegal warrantless search of a residence, is the evidence admissible if, unbeknownst to the officers, one of the occupants is on parole with a search condition?
People v. Neal (96Kb) ( July 14, 2003) __ Cal.4th __ : ISSUE: Did an officer's refusal to honor a murder suspect's Miranda invocation render his subsequent confession inadmissible?
People v. Medina (87Kb) ( July 03, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: (1) When does a pat search begin? (2) Did officers have grounds to pat search the defendant?
U.S. v. Wong (79Kb) (9th Cir. June 26, 2003) __ F.3d __ : ISSUE: (1) Was there probable cause to search the defendant's computer? (2) Did the search warrant adequately describe the evidence to be seized?
U.S. v. Gonzalez (72Kb) (9th Cir. May 05, 2003) __ F.3d __ : ISSUE: Did a hospital employee have a reasonable expectation of privacy from video surveillance inside the hospital's mailroom?
People v. Castille (109Kb) ( April 30, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: Was the joint statement of three murder suspects admissible against them at their trial?
People v. Spence (116Kb) ( April 01, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: Does the Good Faith Rule apply if officers conduct a probation search for drugs based on a Probation Department list that failed to note the probationer could be searched only for stolen property?
U.S. v. Crawford (77Kb) (9th Cir. March 21, 2003) __ F.3d __ : ISSUE: Must officers have reliable evidence that a parolee has committed new crimes before they may conduct a parole search of his home?
People v. Gotfried (79Kb) ( March 21, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: Was there probable cause for a warrant to conduct thermal imaging on a residence?
People v. Ledesma (59Kb) ( February 28, 2003) __ Cal.App.4th __ : ISSUE: Did officers have grounds to conduct a protective sweep of a home before conducting a probation search?
Clark v. Murphy (90Kb) (9th Cir. January 23, 2003) __ F.3d __ : ISSUE: Did a murder suspect invoke his Miranda right to counsel? Was his confession voluntary?
U.S. v. Enslin (67Kb) (9th Cir. January 13, 2003) __ F.3d __ : ISSUE: Did U.S. Marshals reasonably believe a homeowner could consent to a search of a bedroom occupied by a visitor? Did a command to "show your hands" result in a detention?