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D.P.R.: Trying to sideswipe police car in a stolen car justified stop

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Convenant not to sue barred later civil rights action. MK Ballistic Systems v. Simpson, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1244 (N.D. Cal. January 6, 2009).* Habeas petitioner’s strained theory about a Fourth Amendment violation by his counsel did not show that defense counsel was ineffective. Kerr v. Smith, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1725 (N.D. Ohio January 12, 2009).* Officer had reason to stop defendant in a stolen car. He was furtive in his hand movements and tried to sideswipe the police car. United States v. Fernandez-Torres, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106338 (D. P.R. July 8, 2008)* (hard to believe this issue was seriously presented).

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).