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‘Beware!’ 10th Circuit judge calls for full-court review of precedent on police searches without arrest
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The Colorado-based federal appeals court green-lit an unreasonable search claim against a Denver police officer on Tuesday, while one judge called for full-court reconsideration of a 44-year-old precedent limiting law enforcement’s ability to search suspects even when probable cause exists to arrest them. William Montgomery’s lawsuit against Officer Armando Cruz featured several unusual developments, but…
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Appeals court finds Adams County deputy performed illegal pat-down search, reverses drug conviction
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An Adams County sheriff’s deputy caught Marvin Clever jaywalking late one night and stopped him. Clever indicated he would be more careful in the future. But after talking for a few minutes more, Deputy Steffen Hileman decided to search Clever for weapons, ultimately discovering methamphetamine. A jury convicted Clever of drug possession and a judge…
