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Cal.1st: Use of night vision goggles was not a search

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The use of night vision goggles by the police was not an unreasonable seizure. A metal shed near the driveway was visible from the street and anyone. People v. Lieng, 2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 2106 (1st Dist. December 14, 2010).* The officer tried to stop the defendant for missing a license plate and only one working headlight. Defendant did not stop and he made “gestures” toward the console while the vehicle was moving. Once stopped, the vehicle was subject to search for a weapon. State v. Breisch, 2010 Ohio 6113, 2010 Ohio App. LEXIS 5148 (2d Dist. December 10, 2010).* Defendant was stopped for careless driving, and the officer put his hand in defendant’s pocket to search it, and the trial court properly suppressed it. State v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on December 22, 2010 (boomark / email).