Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Although a warrant is generally required for police to enter a home or conduct a search, police are not required to seek a ...

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a defendant's conviction and held that the commonwealth was not required to prove exigent circumstances when an officer had lawfully seized a firearm in a ...

In a ruling yesterday in United States v. Curry that ought to earn careful attention from the Supreme Court, the en banc Fourth Circuit divided sharply along ideological lines on the substance of the ...

Police must have probable cause as well as “exigent circumstances” in order to legally search a vehicle without a warrant, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.The 4-3 decision said the ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. During oral argument in Kentucky v. King on Wednesday, the Court struggled to find the proper test for determining when police ...

The Supreme Court in Case v. Montana ruled that police can enter a home without a warrant if they have an "objectively reasonable basis" to believe someone needs emergency help, which is different ...

The Fourth Amendment protects us from random invasions of our homes by police, right? We know we're secure in our "persons, houses, papers, and effects" unless the cops demonstrate probable cause to a ...

In a decision issued today in United States v. Caraballo, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (per Judge Guido Calabresi) held that police did not violate the Fourth Amendment when they ...