Where a defendant in a child-pornography case challenged the denial of his motion to suppress images and video retrieved from his cell phone, another housemate’s private search of the defendant’s phone allowed the use of the images thus retrieved, and ...

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Where a defendant challenged the denial of his motion to suppress a search of his Jeep and motor home, the stipulated facts in the defendant’s plea agreement established that the search was reasonable and fell under the vehicle exception to ...

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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 ...

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  Where a defendant sought to suppress evidence of a shotgun found in her home, arguing that the officer’s search exceeded the scope of her consent, the judgment is affirmed because the officer testified that he saw the shotgun in ...

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U.S. v. Pulido-Ayala (MLW No. 71733/Case No. 17-1371 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Dog Alert Search ‘Instinctive Action’

State v. Stufflebean (MLW No. 71452/Case No. ED105246 – 22 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Van Amburg, J.)

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U.S. v. Waters (MLW No. 71429/Case No. 17-1423 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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U.S. v. Thompson (MLW No. 71381/Case No. 16-4091 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Expectation Of Privacy Search Trash Pull

State v. Hughes (MLW No. 71136/Case No. ED104884 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

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U.S. v. LeBeau (MLW No. 70888/Case No. 15-3592 – 28 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Conspiracy Search Self Representation

U.S. v. Lewis (MLW No. 70816/Case No. 16-3308 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Expectation Of Privacy Search Warrantless Seizure