State v. Snow (MLW No. 59852/Case No. WD69443 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a trial court denied a defendant’s motion to suppress drug evidence found in a search of a home based on ...

Tagged with: Expectation Of Privacy Search Standing

U.S. v. Goodwin-Bey (MLW No. 59801/Case No. 09-1317 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) Where a defendant, who pleaded guilty of being a felon in possession, argued that the scene was secured so a search ...

Tagged with: Felon In Possession Search

U.S. v. Parker (MLW No. 59760/Case No. 08-2883 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.) Where a defendant’s commercial truck was taken out of service by officers pursuant to valid inspection procedures but the defendant was ...

Tagged with: Consent Search

State v. Oliver (MLW No. 59484 – 15 pages) (Missouri Supreme Court, Price, J.) Even though a man suspected of child pornography refused to allow officers to seize his computer and digital camera, the wife’s consent to the seizure of ...

Tagged with: Consent Inevitable Discovery Search

U.S. v. Nichols (MLW No. 59472/Case No. 09-1165 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.) Where a defendant’s girlfriend lived with him and had unrestricted access and possession of the home, the district court did not ...

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U.S. v. Sanchez; U.S. v. Morales-Mata (MLW No. 59356/Case No. 08-2934/08-2951 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Where an officer stopped a vehicle that lacked both front and back license plates because he did not ...

Tagged with: Probable Cause Search traffic stop

Even though an officer secured the consent of a resident to search an apartment by claiming she only wanted to enter the residence to seize a marijuana pipe, the trial court did not err in finding the consent to be ...

Tagged with: Consent Criminal Law Search Voluntariness