Category: The Fourth Amendment
In a May 2018 decision, Collins v. Virginia, the United States Supreme Court held in an 8-1 decision that a police officer couldn’t venture into a private home’s “curtilage” for the purpose of conducting a warrantless search of a vehicle. The Definition of Curtilage Curtilage is one of those legal terms you might hear and…
Stop and frisk is a complex area of law, and it’s a topic that has been the subject of much debate over the years. “Stop and frisk” is a topic that has dominated headlines over the past few weeks. As a result, many people are wondering if the police are allowed to conduct these types…
On January 23rd 2012 the Supreme Court decided a seminal case concerning the relationship to new technologies and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. In United States v. Jones, __ U.S. ___ (2012), the Supreme Court decided whether the warrantless installation of a global positioning system device on the underside of a suspect’s car in order to track…