Fourth Amendment does not allow police to extend duration of a traffic stop, even for a “de minimis” time period, for reasons unrelated the matter for which the stop was made.
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Grady v. North Carolina, No. 14-593, __ U.S. __ (Mar. 30, 2015).
Attachment of a GPS monitor to a recidivist sex offender without his consent is a Fourth Amendment search; as the question of the reasonableness of the GPS monitor “search” in this case was not raised, the Court does not address it.
Heien v. North Carolina, No. 13-604, __ U.S. __ (Dec. 15, 2014).
An officer has the reasonable suspicion required by the Fourth Amendment for a traffic stop even if she is mistaken about the law she believes was violated, as long as her mistake of law is “objectively reasonable.”
Warger v. Shauers, No. 13–517, 574 U. S. ____ (2014).
Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) applies to juror testimony during a proceeding seeking to secure a new trial on the grounds that a juror lied during voir dire.
Riley v. California, Nos. 13–132 and 13–212, __ U.S. __ (June 25, 2014).
“Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple— get a warrant.”