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Collective knowledge doctrine does not requires full knowledge of any one of officers

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

There is no requirement under the collective knowledge doctrine of Hensley and Whiteley that all the information be spread to the others. United States v. Olmedo, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101732 (S.D. Fla. March 20, 2008).* Traffic stop was justified, and the gun protuding from defendant's pocket was in plain view when he got out of the car. United States v. Cintron, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101677 (D. Mass. December 15, 2008).* Defense counsel was not ineffective for not filing a motion to suppress that would have failed as a matter of law. United States v. Perez-Luna, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101516 (S.D. N.Y. December 10, 2008).* Voting rights case Fourth Amendment claim unsupported by any allegation of unlawful search and seizure was dismissed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on December 19, 2008 (boomark / email).