United States v. Evans 11thCIR 6MAY2020
Topic: Officer’s mistaken belief that whimpering dog was a person in distress reasonably led to warrantless entry under the Emergency Exigency.…
Pennsylvania v. Trahey Pennsylvania Supreme Court 22 APR 2020
Topic: No exigent circumstances existed to justify a warrantless blood draw of DUI suspect. The trial court granted Timothy Trahey’s motion…
United States v. Rodriguez-Pacheco 1stCIR 15JAN2020
This is yet another case reminding us why it is important to get a warrant. The facts of the case are…
United States v. Haldorson 7thCIR 23OCT2019
Haldorson, a fireworks enthusiast and a drug dealer, was arrested on his way to a second controlled buy. Along with drugs,…
United States v. Iwai 9thCIR 23JUL2019
Although agents did not have an anticipatory warrant, when a tracking beeper activated indicating a package taken by the defendant into…
United States v. Velazquez 7thCIR 9OCT2018
In this case the defendant (Velazquez) was arrested in his driveway. Officers then searched his car when a K9 alerted on…
U.S. v. Cooks 11thCIR April 3, 2019
Deputy U.S. Marshals executed an arrest warrant at the residence of Cooks, who was a known gang member. When no one…