Where an appellant brought an action against deputies and a sheriff for unreasonable search and seizure after the defendants entered his property after a tip about a stolen vehicle, the deputies were entitled to qualified immunity since reasonable officers under ...

Tagged with: Official Capacity Claim Search Warrant Seizure

Where a defendant challenged the denial of his motion to suppress evidence of a urine sample that police took from him eight days after his alleged illegal possession of a firearm, arguing that the search warrant authorizing the seizure was ...

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Where an officer testified in a drug case that he pulled the defendant over to address a traffic violation and to address suspicious activity observed recently at a convenience store, either basis provided a proper foundation for the traffic stop, ...

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State v. Perry (MLW No. 71761/Case No. SC96087 – 16 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, C.J.; Wilson, Russell and Powell, JJ., concur; Breckenridge, J., concurs in part and dissents in part in separate opinion. Draper and Stith, JJ., concur in opinion of Breckenridge, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Mistaken Belief Motion To Suppress Seizure

U.S. v. Garcia (MLW No. 71635/Case No. 16-4523 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

Tagged with: Bag Search Consent Criminal Law Seizure

U.S. v. Class (MLW No. 71425/Case No. 16-4503 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Engine Compartment Plain View Seizure

U.S. v. Class (MLW No. 71425/Case No. 16-4503 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Engine Compartment Plain View Seizure

U.S. v. Dortch (MLW No. 70913/Case No. 16-3178 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Pat Down Seizure

Johnson v. City of Ferguson (MLW No. 70809/Case No. 16-1697 – 17 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)

Tagged with: civil rights excessive force Qualified Immunity Seizure

U.S. v. Ahumada (MLW No. 70610/Case No. 16-1391 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Dog Sniff Seizure traffic stop

U.S. v. Cook (MLW No. 69938/Case No. 15-3651 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Murphy, J.)

Tagged with: Circumstantial Evidence Criminal Law Motion To Suppress Seizure