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Caniglia keeps community caretaking out of the home, but once you are lawfully inside, can you hold a firearm for safekeeping while the person is evaluated? Anthony Bandiero on Rodriguez v. San Jose and Mora v. Gaithersburg.
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Jacobsen was decided under Katz. Jones revived the trespass test. Anthony Bandiero on whether police replicating a private search is still not a search, and why the doctrine is not dead.
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A driver refuses consent, you say a K9 is on the way, and they change their mind. Anthony Bandiero on the three factors of consent and a Pennsylvania case that found no coercion.
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In United States v. Nora, ordering a man out of his house was treated as a Payton in-home arrest. Anthony Bandiero on when exigency lets you call someone out, and when to fall back to containment.
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Fake IDs have taken over a college town. Anthony Bandiero on whether officers can walk into a bar and ask for IDs, what happens when the owner says leave, and whether one fake ID justifies checking the whole room.
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Hot pursuit is on their tail, fresh pursuit is on their trail. Anthony Bandiero explains when fresh pursuit after a violent felony allows a warrantless entry, and why the rule applies to a third party s home too.
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A theft victim s GPS tracker is pinging to his stolen trailer behind a locked gate, and he can see it from the fence. Probable cause, yes. But can officers cut the lock? Anthony on plain view, curtilage, Collins v. Virginia, open fields and why cops don t commit crimes to recover evidence.
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A broken window at a closed business, a witness, no answer from the owner. Can officers go in to sweep, or do they need a warrant? Anthony on probable cause, exigency, Caniglia v. Strom, and whether walking away creates liability.
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An officer sees a person inside the victim s home who is barred from being there by a protective order. Can the officer walk in and arrest? The order is not a search warrant. Anthony s three ways in: consent, exigency, or a warrant.
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