Search and Seizure Manual 2023 Update
Product description:
2023 Update written byDavid Sherbo-Huggins, Office of Public Defense Services, with assistance from Daniel Silberman & Sara Werboff
HIGHLIGHTS:
The newest OSC search & seizure cases are discussed and analyzed, covering:
• permissibility of anticipatory warrants
• digital data search warrents & the particularity required
• limitations on warrantless seizure & retention of physical evidence
• complex & previously unresolved issues related to suppression of evidence discovered pursuant to a tainted warrant, and
• the extent of police involvement necessary to convert the conduct of a private person into state action
Cases covered will:
• analyze the legality of digital warrants
• help identify when/if the police have unlawfully converted a traffic stop into a criminal stop
without reasonable suspicion
Find the answers to these pressing questions:
• What is the “emergency aid” exception and how does it work?
• How long can police seize and retain property without a warrant?
• Does a strong odor of marijuana still constitute reasonable suspicion of a crime?
• Can police make a stop for failure to maintain a lane anytime the driver crosses over a lane line?
• When can police make a stop based on information provided to them by a non-law-enforcement witness or informant?
All that and much more can be found in the 2023 update to OCDLA’s Search and Seizure Manual.
Stay up to date on the law to provide the best defense for your clients!