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Strip search could be based on reasonable suspicion defendant would hide drugs in his buttocks

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Strip search was properly based on reasonable suspicion where defendant was known to hide drugs in his buttocks and his pants were hanging low and unzipped when he was stopped, based on United States v. Logan, 219 Fed.Appx. 533 (7th Cir. 2007). United States v. Jones, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45717 (N.D. Ind. June 10, 2008). The consenter to the apartment search had apparent authority, and it was a question of law for which a hearing was not required given the admitted facts. United States v. Law, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 12565 (D.C. Cir. June 13, 2008).* ABC search of a bar for violation of state law permitted seizure of surveillance videotapes which could have shown violations of state liquor laws. United States v. Savoy, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 12529, 2008 FED App...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on June 15, 2008 (boomark / email).