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Case Law 4 Cops contains information on hundreds of court cases. These cases are important to officers and citizens alike. The cases cover what officers can and cannot do in several areas of law. Follow the links below.
- Traffic
Traffic - Case Law 4 Cops
- Major Cases
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963)-Florida law only...
- K-9
K-9 - Case Law 4 Cops
- Use of Force
Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989)-This case sets aside...
- Exigent Circumstances
Exigent Circumstances - Case Law 4 Cops
- Deception
Deception - Case Law 4 Cops
- Right to Counsel
Gideon v. Wainwright 372 U.S. 335 (1963)-Florida law only...
- Search Warrant
Cases involving police search warrants. Click on the case...
- Traffic
Nov 10, 2009 · In Terry v. Ohio, 391 U.S. 1 (1968), the Supreme Court ruled that an officer may conduct a frisk when two conditions are present. First, the investigatory stop must be lawful, based on reasonable suspicion that the person detained is committing, is about to commit, or has committed, a crime.
- Ken Wallentine
- Use of Force
- Search and Seizure
- Conclusion
The Supreme Court has ruled on numerous occasions on police use of force as it relates to the Fourth Amendment, but the two most important cases are probably Graham and Garner. Let’s review both. 1. Graham v. Connor In Graham, the Supreme Court established what has become known as the “objectively reasonable standard” when it held that “the ‘reason...
The Fourth Amendment not only covers use-of-force cases such as those addressed in Graham and Garner. The Fourth Amendment also guarantees the right of the people “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures...” Here are a few cases related to the search and seizure of those persons, houses...
Case law on how police operate is continually decided – and revisited. When police operate within their understanding of the United States Constitution – as well as within their agency policies, procedures, training and tactics – the nation’s highest court largely sides with those officers who are charged with the heroic task of protecting life and...
- Doug Wyllie
May 7, 2021 · A federal appellate court ruled on the legality of a vehicle search incident to an arrest after a high-speed chase. The court held that the search was reasonable because the arrestee could have accessed his car at the time of the search.
This case involves a police officer who stopped and searched a man who fled from a high crime area in Chicago. The Court held that flight, along with other factors, can create reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop under the Fourth Amendment.
Oct 18, 2021 · The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of police officers in two cases involving qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine that protects police officers accused of...
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A passenger in a speeding car was ordered out by a state trooper and arrested for cocaine possession. The Court ruled that the trooper could order passengers out of the car during a traffic stop, citing the reasonableness of the Fourth Amendment.
