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Criminal Law: Curtilage-Knock and Talk-Selective Prosecution
Where officers returned to the defendant’s property after they smelled marijuana on a first visit for an unrelated criminal investigation, the officers’ conduct fell within the scope of the knock-and-talk exception to the warrant requirement, and the judgment is affirmed because the district court properly denied a motion to dismiss the indictment because the defendant […]
Criminal Law: Search-Scope Of Warrant-Curtilage
Where a defendant in a drug and firearm case challenged the denial of a motion to suppress, arguing that a search warrant did not authorize the search of the garden, the trial court properly found that the garden was located within the curtilage of the home, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. State […]
Criminal Law : Search – Apartment Complex – Curtilage
U.S. v. Wright (MLW No. 70036/Case No. 15-3237 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)
Criminal Law : Warrantless Search – Chicken Coop – Curtilage
State v. Pierce (MLW No. 69670/Case No. ED103140 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Van Amburg, J.)
Criminal Law : Warrantless Entry – Curtilage – Emergency-Aid Exception
U.S. v. Conerd (MLW No. 69427/Case No. 15-3566 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)
Criminal Law : Warrantless Search – Drug Dog Sniff – Curtilage
U.S. v. Burston (MLW No. 68492/Case No. 14-3213 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)
Criminal Law : Search – Curtilage – Detention
U.S. v. Bearden (MLW No. 67565/Case No. 14-1659 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)
Criminal Law : Search And Seizure – Curtilage – Exigent Circumstances
U.S. v. Meidel (MLW No. 66840/Case No. 13-3251 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)
Criminal Law : Search – Curtilage – Confrontation Clause
State v. Cady (MLW No. 66233/Case No. SD32636 – 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)
Criminal Law : Unlawful Search – Curtilage – Open Field
U.S. v. Mathias (MLW No. 65357/Case No. 12-3092 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Bye, J.)
Criminal Law: Warrantless Entry – Curtilage – 911 Call
U.S. v. Robbins (MLW No. 63846/Case No. 11-3182 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)
Criminal Law: Search – Curtilage – Unpaved Driveway
U.S. v. Wells (MLW No. 62568/Case No. 10-2638 – 15 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)
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