Searches performed without a warrant are generally unreasonable and violate the FourthAmendment. That broad ban does have some exceptions, including the “automobile exception.”That exception isn’t a blank check for the

As this blog has discussed before, law enforcement officers frequently use traffic stops as gateways to search for evidence of more serious crimes. The difference between a legal search and

Recently, this blog has focused on ways that searches conducted pursuant to traffic stops may constitute Fourth Amendment violations and how those violations may allow you, as the accused, to

Police use various explanations for why they conducted a warrantless search after they pulled you over for a minor traffic infraction. When the basis for a search is not backed

If you’re familiar with the criminal justice system, you know the police and prosecutors have several bases they use when they want to present evidence that they obtained in a

Part of what makes getting pulled over by the police stressful is that law enforcement officers sometimes use traffic stops as the first step toward ultimately searching you and/or your