Search and Seizure: Re-establishing the Four Tier Framework of DeBour for Street Encounters Published February 7, 2025
Inventory Search Protocol: Inventory Search must be conducted with familiar routine procedure and limit discretion of police officer. Published January 30, 2025
Fourth Amendment Search: Marijuana Regulation and Tax Act Does Not Apply Retroactively Published August 16, 2022
Allowing the People to Re-Open Suppression Hearing is within the Discretion of the Hearing Court. Published April 18, 2022
State Judges Have National Authority And May Order Wiretap On Cell Phones Anywhere In The Country Published August 2, 2021
Search Incident To Arrest Warrant Where Subject Of Warrant Was A Guest: The Government Can File Interlocutory Appeals In Criminal Cases Published June 6, 2016
Prolonged Vehicle And Traffic Stops: Dog Sniffs – How Long Can Police Detain You In Your Vehicle? Published May 21, 2015
The New York Court of Appeals puts another nail in the coffin of the Fourth Amendment: Police Officers’ Mistaken Understanding Of The Law Justifies The Stop. Published May 14, 2015
New York Court Of Appeals: Sick Juror, Closing Courtroom For Undercover Witness, And Summary Denial Of Suppression Motions Published April 29, 2015
The “Border Exception Rule” To The Search Warrant Requirement: Broader Than You’d Ever Imagine Published March 31, 2015
The Limited Power Of The New York Court Of Appeals: Mixed Questions Of Law And Fact Published October 24, 2014
Searches Of Closed Containers Within A Home: Where No Exigent Circumstances Exist, Police Must Obtain Warrant To Search Closed Container Within The Home Published October 23, 2014
Your Cell Phone And The Fourth Amendment: Police May Not Conduct A Warrantless Search Of Your Cellphone Even After Your Arrest Published October 8, 2014
De Novo Review And Clear Error Review Of Fourth Amendment Search And Seizure Issues: Mixed Questions Of Law And Fact Published September 22, 2014
Reasonable Suspicion: Police Must Possess A Sufficient Level Of Knowledge With Specific And Articulable Facts In Order To Conduct A Stop And Frisk Published August 21, 2014
How Private Is Your Cell Phone: U.S Supreme Court Says its More Private Than Your House Published June 26, 2014
