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Conducting unreasonable searches and seizures doesn't automatically jeopardize a case or the evidence involved.
June 25, 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court has said that "Because many situations which confront officers in the course of executing their duties are more or less ambiguous, room must be allowed for some mistakes on their part. But the mistakes must be those of reasonable men, acting on facts leading sensibly to their conclusions of probability." (Brinegar v. U.S.) Read Full Article
author: Devallis Rutledge | posted @ Monday, June 25, 2007 5:27 PM |
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June 25, 2007
The circumstances under which a vehicle may be impounded by a law enforcement officer may be described in city or county ordinances, state statutes, and departmental policies. But even when a vehicle is authorized to be impounded under such provisions, the impoundment may still be an unreasonable seizure of property under the Fourth Amendment. Read Full Article
author: Devallis Rutledge | posted @ Monday, June 25, 2007 5:24 PM |
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