Shawn Limata

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently issued a decision in the case of United States v. Rose, where the Court considered whether officers’ observations of tinted windows can establish probable cause for a traffic stop and whether employing a drug-detection dog, along with subsequent arrests and searches, can withstand constitutional scrutiny.[1] This case originated with a routine traffic stop in […]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently issued a decision which considered the scope of law enforcement’s authority to conduct a warrantless vehicle search incident to a lawful arrest based on a valid arrest warrant. The case, United States v. Turner, stems from several incidents that took place in North Carolina, over roughly two days in June of 2020. After

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently rendered a decision in Meshal v. Commissioner, Georgia Dept. of Public Safety, where the Court considered under what circumstances an officer may be denied qualified immunity for extending a traffic stop. Specifically, is a call to the FBI concerning a driver’s status on the No-Fly List equivalent to a warrants check? The case