Quick Case Law
Does a person have to disclose their identity to a police officer who possesses a reasonable suspicion that they have committed or are committing a crime?
Are the police required to get a warrant to search a vehicle in a public place where they've established probable cause to believe that contraband is located inside?
Under the Fourth Amendment are police allowed to inventory the contents of a vehicle after lawfully impounding it?
Under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, is a police officer permitted to order a passenger out of a lawfully stopped vehicle, during the course of a lawful motor vehicle stop?
Do you have to tell a motorist during a traffic stop that they are free to go before obtaining legal consent to search, so that the consent looks voluntary?
Does the passenger have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the personal effects and belongings when the police have obtained probable cause to search that car?
When police officers have probable cause to search a vehicle, do they have to stop and get a search warrant for locked and closed items inside the car?
With reasonable suspicion, police offices can have continued detainment.
Are the police allowed to search the cell phone of somebody placed under arrest as incident to that arrest?
Can a police officer require passengers of lawfully stoped motor-vehicles to remain inside the car for the duration of the stop?
Are there different kinds of searches when it comes to searching people?
Things you must know regarding a vehicle inventory search.
The truth about case law and why it's so important for you to know.
Is a police officer required to read you Miranda rights on a traffic stop before asking you questions designed to elicit a confession or an incriminating statement?
Are the police under the fourth amendment required to have reasonable suspicion to criminal activity to deploy a K9 drug sniffing dog on a motor vehicle during a motor vehicle stop? Or in a public setting?
If police stop a vehicle that's pulling a trailer and have probable cause to search the vehicle itself, do they need additional probable cause to search the trailer it's towing?
Do the police violate the fourth amendment by asking the driver and passenger out of a vehicle on a traffic stop, without any reasonable suspicion?
What is considered "enough" to allow me to check someone for weapons? (pat frisk, terry frisk, weapons frisk) & What constitutes furtive movements?
