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SCOTUS: Terry v. United States

On June 14, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), in Terry v. United States examined whether crack offenders who do not trigger a mandatory minimum qualify for resentencing under The First Step Act of 2018. SCOTUS unanimously held they do not. Facts In 1986, Congress established mandatory minimum sentences for cocaine convictions that treated crack offenses much more harshly than those involving powder form. The law established three tiers of penalties. The first imposed a ten-year minimum sentence for individuals who possessed […]

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SCOTUS: No Plain-Error Relief

On June 14, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), in Greer v. United States and United States v. Gary examined whether federal felons in possession are entitled to plain-error relief for their unpreserved Rehaif claims. SCOTUS held that they are not. Facts In Rehaif v. United States, 588 U.S. ___ (2019), SCOTUS held that a conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm requires proof not only that the defendant knew he had a firearm, but that he was

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Fatal Use of Force – Fifth Circuit

Today we travel to the Fifth Circuit to review a fatal use of force case. As officers, we never want to be in the position where we get to the point of needing to deploy our firearm to protect ourselves, but as you will see in this case the use of force was more than necessary. What should have been a simple traffic stop

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SCOTUS: Borden v. United States

On June 10, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), in Borden v. United States, examined whether, under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S. §924(e), crimes involving recklessness constitute “violent felonies” for sentence enhancement purposes. A fractured court ruled that it does not. Facts This case involved a provision of ACCA that imposed a 15-year minimum on anyone convicted of being a

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Guardian Mindset – Weekly Recap

Welcome to the Guardian Mindset weekly recap from Daigle Law Group. These updates will help provide open and transparent information you can review and share with your agency. We believe Knowledge is Power and that we must find the most efficient ways to bring you education in the path to developing the Guardian Mindset. Recommended Viewing Recommended Reading Catch up on the latest legal updates, breaking news,

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Legal Update: United States v. Cooley

United States v. Cooley, 593 U.S. _____ (2021) On June 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), in United States v. Cooley, examined the scope of American Indian tribes’ sovereign powers. In its first major opinion on the topic in decades, SCOTUS unanimously held that an Indian tribe’s police officer has the authority to temporarily detain and search a non-Indian suspected of breaking federal or state law within reservations. FACTS The defendant, Joshua

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Police-Press Relations: The Easy Way or the Hard Way?

Mickey H. Osterreicher, General Counsel, National Press Photographers Association, Reserve Deputy, Erie County Sheriff’s Office, New York “This is my job. This is my job. . . . I’m just doing my job. . . . I was sent here. . . . I’m a journalist.”1 This refrain was not enough to keep journalist Andrea Sahouri from being pepper-sprayed and arrested while covering a protest.

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SCOTUS: “There’s No Place Like Home”

On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), in Caniglia v. Strom, examined whether the “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement extends to the home as it does in the motor vehicle context. SCOTUS unanimously held that it did not. Facts During an argument with his wife at their home, Edward Caniglia retrieved a handgun from the bedroom, put it

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Continued Detention After Finding of No PC – Eleventh Circuit

Today, we will head to the Sunshine State to review a case involving an OUI stop, and arrest followed by an eight-hour detention. The problem in this case arises shortly after the arrestee, Seana Barnett, arrived at the booking facility and blew a .00. This case took a circuitous path from the initial stop on March 15, 2014 to the final 11th Circuit ruling issued on April 15, 2020. And, believe it or not, the case was still not over.

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UOF Following a Pursuit and Plaintiff Safety – Third Circuit

Our case today comes to us from the Third Circuit and involves both qualified immunity and alleged excessive force. The facts of this case get a little hectic and in order to fully understand the court’s decision it is important to review how an officer is entitled to qualified immunity. When deciding if an officer is entitled to qualified immunity the officer’s actions must not violate a

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