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Prepared by the Legal Training Division at FLETC Download All Case Summaries as PDF Circuit Court of Appeals Third Circuit United States v. Greene, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 18921 (3d Cir. PA June 25, 2019) Tyrone Greene and his girlfriend, […]

In McDonough v. Smith1, the Supreme Court considered when the statute of limitations begins to run on a constitutional claim that a state official used fabricated evidence to initiate and continue a criminal prosecution. The issue here is whether the

On June 27, 2019, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in the matter of Mitchell v. Wisconsin, 588 U.S. ___ (2019).  This case involves the warrantless blood test of an unconscious, suspected drunk driver.  As we know from

Over a number of cases we have looked at, the incident has started with officers entering a home without a search warrant. In several cases, officers were faced with exigent circumstances – a hostage situation or other emergency situation that

Prepared by the Legal Training Division at FLETC Circuit Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit United States v. Tello, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15044 (5th Cir. TX May 21, 2019) A tractor-trailer driven by Rafael Tello entered the primary inspection lane

In 1763, William Pitt delivered remarks in the House of Commons that continue today to be a core principle of our criminal justice system: “The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. 

Over the last several years, we have looked at a few civil cases involving pursuits.  Frankly, few plaintiffs bring Section 1983 claims alleging improper police actions in motor vehicle pursuit cases because the precedent case law does not typically favor

Today we look at a case out of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for those officers in the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida regarding Taser Activation on a jail detainee.  There are two important issues addressed by the