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Defendant was in a Budget rental car that was days overdue, which Budget told officers. southwest airlines flight reservations When the car rental manager showed up, once there, he validly consented to a search of the car which vitiated defendant s lack of valid consent argument. United States v. Lumpkins southwest airlines flight reservations , 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 16284 (8th Cir. August 6, 2012). [Note, some cases hold that there is no REP in an overdue rental car, which isn t right. This is a far better approach because somebody with an ownership interest who has already revoked consent to the rental can consent to the search.]
It was not a Fourth Amendment violation to threaten to release a dog into a building to make defendant come out. In any event, defendant had no standing in the place he was hiding. United States v. Pate, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109088 (D. Minn. August 3, 2012).*
Here, Trooper Miller asked Saucedo if he had any weapons, cannabis or cocaine in his truck or trailer, and Saucedo answered no. At that point, Saucedo volunteered that Miller could search, even before Miller requested permission. Trooper Miller specifically asked Saucedo if he could search his truck and trailer, and Saucedo answered, yes. So Saucedo was well aware that Miller was looking for drugs. The officer used a screwdriver to open the back of a TV and found drugs there. southwest airlines flight reservations The search was valid. United States v. Saucedo , 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 16264 (7th Cir. August 6, 2012). [The Eighth Circuit is contra on this.]
Defendant, represented by an attorney, requested southwest airlines flight reservations leave to file a pro se supplemental motion to suppress, which was granted, and it was 291 pages long. It only served to muddy the water and produce a 100 page opinion. There were multiple individual southwest airlines flight reservations seizures and searches of luggage, a motel room, computers, and a storage unit. A delay of five days in getting a search warrant was unfortunate but not unreasonable considering New Years Day came in between. The case started as a fraud case with identity theft information on the computer, but child pornography was found in files with unsuspecting names, and another search warrant was sought. The searches were all reasonable. United States v. Kowalczyk, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108879 (D. Ore. August 3, 2012).*
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a disappointing but fortunately narrow decision in a case involving warrantless tracking of a vehicle with a GPS device. The three-judge panel refused to exclude GPS tracking evidence under what s known as the good faith exception, ruling that when the tracking took place, law enforcement agents reasonably relied on binding circuit court precedent southwest airlines flight reservations in concluding that no warrant was necessary. The tracking happened before the Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. Jones that GPS device tracking triggers Fourth Amendment protections.
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The original Constitution, drafted in 1787, did not contain a Bill of Rights. The Fourth Amendment contains southwest airlines flight reservations just fifty-four words, and, while on the surface they seem reasonably southwest airlines flight reservations clear, one must note that it does not forbid all searches; nor does it forbid all searches without a warrant granted by a court. The Amendment undoubtedly forbids unreasonable searches and seizures, but in practical application, we rely so heavily on the facts of each case that any sense of grounding in neutrality or standard procedure is heavily shaken. With each case that is brought forth, the courts grapple with the drafters intention, while balancing the needs of the people in the modern era. The introduction of various technologies that the drafters could have never even imagined begs the question: what types of searches enabled by these novel devices should be permitted as constitutional, and which others should be deemed so intrusive that they violate the protections offered by the Fourth Amendment?
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