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MD: "Detroit Lean" not RS

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant was stopped because he was driving with a "Detroit Lean", but that was indicative of nothing criminal. The stop was without reasonable suspicion. The officer thought it was to divert attention from himself, but it more likely was the opposite. Crosby v. State, 2009 Md. LEXIS 59 (May 7, 2009). Officers went to defendant's hotel room to do a knock and talk, and he saw them coming and tried to flush his drugs. The officers entered to get the evidence. They lacked probable cause for the entry. State v. Hoffman, 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 3225 (Tex. App. – San Antonio May 13, 2009).* T.L.O. governs searches of cars on school parking lot, following State v. Best, 959 A.2d 243 (N.J. Super. 2008). State v. Schloegel, 2009 Wisc. App. LEXIS 357 (May 13, 2009)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).