investigatory-motive

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-1745 Richard Sylvester v. United States First Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied 4th-amendment burden-of-proof community-caretaking fourth-amendment investigatory-motive law-enforcement-procedure police-policy probable-cause subjective-intent totality-of-circumstances vehicle-impound vehicle-impoundment 1. In order for a vehicle impound to be consonant with the Fourth Amendment, must a police officer comply with established impound policies and proced…
19-6859 Michael A. Green v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment abandoned-vehicle community-caretaking criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search investigatory-motive law-enforcement-motive pretext search-and-seizure tow-policy vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search This case involves the impoundment and inventory search of a disabled vehicle by a law enforcement officer with an explicitly stated investigatory mot…