by Eric Roper | Jun 21, 2016 | Criminal Defense, Uncategorized
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to the Fourth Amendment’s right against unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement when it decided the case of Utah v. Strieff. Generally, the Fourth Amendment prohibits the introduction of evidence in a...
by Eric Roper | Apr 22, 2015 | Criminal Defense, Uncategorized
A police officer with a K-9 drug sniffing dog in Nebraska pulled over a motorist for driving on the shoulder of the highway. The driver answered all of the officer’s questions and received a warning for the traffic offense. The officer then requested the driver’s...
by Eric Roper | Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
In a recent opinion by the 5th District Court of Appeals, the court reaffirmed the rule that police must have a reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime before detaining the person to conduct further investigation. The defendant in the case was seen...
by Eric Roper | Jul 29, 2013 | Criminal Defense, Uncategorized
The Florida Supreme Court recently reviewed the Jacksonville case of a man convicted of armed robbery after police discovered incriminating evidence of the crime on his cell phone. The man was charged with robbing a convenience store at gunpoint. After identifying the...
by Eric Roper | Mar 27, 2013 | Criminal Defense, Uncategorized
The issue of when police may lawfully use a drug-sniffing dog in conducting criminal investigations has again made the headlines. Both recent cases before the U.S. Supreme Court arose from Florida and involved police use of a specially trained canine to search for...