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E.D.Va.: Victim could come on search to ID stolen property

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Victim’s representatives were reasonably permitted to participate in the search so they could identify what belonged to them so it could be seized. United States v. Chinasa, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6849 (E.D. Va. January 25, 2011).* The court credits that defendant consented to a search of both his car and his person. While the report says just the car, it was both. United States v. Lecraft, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140273 (E.D. N.C. October 7, 2010).* There was probable cause to arrest plaintiff for disorderly conduct, so judgment for the defendants. Wheeler v. Newell, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 1480, 2011 FED App. 0050N (6th Cir. January 24, 2011) (unpublished).* Hearsay was admissible at the suppression hearing for the officer to testify to what he had heard from other officers to show that he had reason for defendant’s stop...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 28, 2011 (boomark / email).