918-550-9175

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Free Evaluation
logo
mobile logo
 

Terry stop Tag

07 March
0 Comments
Sticky

Can Police Officers Stop You on the Street and Frisk You for Drugs?

Posted by Clint
in Blog
Can Police Officers Stop You on the Street and Frisk You for Drugs?

If you have ever been stopped by a police officer on the street and asked questions, you may wonder if the police can frisk you for drugs without your permission. In criminal law, this kind of search is referred to as a “stop and frisk”. It is legal to search you on the street, but only under certain circumstances. What Is Stop and Frisk? The law allowing police to stop and frisk people on the street came from a Supreme Court case called Terry v. Ohio. (392 U.S. 1 (1968).) In the case decision, the Supreme Court found that all stop-and-frisk searches...

Continue reading
25 October
0 Comments
Sticky

Anonymous Tips and DUI Traffic Stops

Posted by Clint
in Blog
Anonymous Tips and DUI Traffic Stops

Can you be arrested for DUI based on an anonymous tip to the police? In a 2014 case, Navarette v. California, 572 U.S. _ (2014), the Supreme Court of the United States said that you can. Depending on the circumstances, an anonymous tip can provide law enforcement with the reasonable suspicion needed to justify a brief investigatory traffic stop. The Navarette case involved an anonymous phone call to the police stating that the caller had been run off the highway at a specific mile marker by a silver Ford F-150 pickup truck. The police soon spotted a vehicle matching that description...

Continue reading