Search Warrants and Probable Cause
To be valid, a search warrant must reflect merely a “fair probability” that the items sought will be found in that location described.
Coerced Confessions and Offers of Leniency
Interrogating police officers have no authority to offer criminal suspects leniency in exchange for a confession.
Prolonged pretextual traffic stops are a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Using a minor traffic offense as a pretext for making a traffic stop so that a more serious criminal offense can be investigated is lawful. However, absent developing at least a reasonable suspicion to believe that a more serious offense is being…
Miranda as a Prophylactic Rule and the Fifth Amendment:
A Miranda violation, not being the equivalent of a violation of the Fifth Amendment, does not provide a defendant with the basis for a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit.
Threats of force or violence against a third person doesn't include suspect's threat against himself.
A nuance in the law, doesn’t come up that often, but makes a clear distinction in arrest and charging. DCA rules that a threat of force or violence against a third person doesn't include suspect's threat to kill himself.