Caniglia v. Strom 1stCIR 13MAR2020
In this episode, Bruce-Alan Barnard explains the development of the Community Caretaking Exception and breaks out the First Circuit’s analysis in this case. In this case of first impression for the First Circuit, the First Circuit joins the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits in applying the Community Caretaking Exception to the warrantless entry of a dwelling.
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In this one-hour special Supreme Court edition of Broadcast Blue, host Bruce-Alan Barnard explains the significance of this case for law enforcement officers upon discovering a moving vehicle is registered to a person with a revoked driver’s license.
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United States v. Smith 5thCIR 12MAR2020
In this episode, Bruce-Alan Barnard discusses this case which provides a great example of using questions that are permissible while conducting a traffic stop to establish the reasonable suspicion required under the Rodriguez Rule to extend the traffic stop into a Terry Stop.
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United States v. Landeros 9thCIR 11JAN2019
Bruce-Alan Barnard explains the ruling in this case which answers the question: Can a traffic stop be extended simply because a passenger refuses to identify himself?
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United States v. Bernard, 4thCIR 24JUN2019 – In this case Bruce-Alan Barnard analyzes a case where consent is a key part of extending a traffic stop into an investigative detention and Fifth Amendment Miranda issues are created under the “functional equivalent of questioning.”
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United States v. Richmond 7th CIR 13MAY2019
Presented by LEA ONE – Bruce-Alan Barnard is your host and he discusses this case where the Seventh Circuit extends a Terry Frisk behind a front porch screen door.
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Taylor v. City of Saginaw, Sixth Circuit, 11APR2019
In this episode, Bruce discusses the case Taylor v. City of Saginaw where the Sixth Circuit held that merely touching a tire to put chalk on it to enforce parking laws is a search under the Fourth Amendment requiring a warrant or a Judicially Recognized Exception (JRE). This is the second case in as many months where the courts have ruled physical touches of effects are Fourth Amendment searches. Are the floodgates opening on Jones searches?
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United States v. Gaines, 10th Cir. 12MAR2019
In this case, Bruce-Alan Barnard explores two key parts of Search and Seizure Law:
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United States v. Richmond 5th Cir. February 8, 2019
In the first Broadcast BLUE podcast of the 2019 season, retired FLETC Senior Legal Instructor Bruce-Alan Barnard summarizes and analyzes the case US v Richmond. This is a significant decision because it applies the definition of a search established by the Supreme Court in United States v. Jones (Jan 2012) to an automobile on the side of a highway.
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In this case, retired FLETC Senior Legal Instructor Bruce-Alan Barnard analyzes a recent Eighth Circuit case Wenzel v. Storm released August 9, 2018. This case is about qualified immunity for use of deadly force in an altercation with an unarmed but belligerent suspect.
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