Warrantless placement of a wireless GPS monitor on underbody of auto was a Fourth Amendment “search.”
S. Sotomayor
Perry v. New Hampshire, No. 10–8974, 565 U.S. __ (Jan. 11, 2012).
Declines to adopt a due process judicial reliability screening procedure for eyewitness identification evidence.
J.D.B. v. North Carolina, No. 09–11121, __ U.S. __ (June 16, 2011)
“[T]he age of a child subjected to police questioning is relevant to the custody analysis of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (1966).”
Michigan v. Bryant, No. 09–150, __ U.S. __ (Feb. 28, 2011)
Statement of mortally wounded victim to police was not “testimonial” under Crawford Confrontation Clause holding because circumstances indicated “primary purpose” of the police questions eliciting statement was to “meet an ongoing emergency.”