Media presence during execution of search warrant doesn't negate officers' immunity
Article Abstract:
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in Wilson v. Layne that US marshals did not violate the Fourth Amendment by allowing news media to accompany them in searching the home of a suspect's parents. The plaintiffs argued that a 1994 case established that media ride-alongs violated warrant requirements. The Court found that the qualified immunity doctrine applied, that the marshalls were acting consistent with agency policy and that the 1994 case was not controlling because the conduct occurred in 1992.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Court finds no privacy right in trash, even if next to house; dissent argues that searching trash, publicizing contents would lead to tort liability
Article Abstract:
The United States Court for the 7th Circuit ruled in United States v. Redmon that police could search trash a criminal had deposited next to his house without a warrant, as the criminal had no reasonable expectation of privacy in such material. The search was part of a drug trafficking investigation of a joint federal and local law enforcement task force, which had a tip the defendant was trafficking in cocaine.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Judges ease restrictions on cameras in courts. Judges consider camera access to courts. New York votes cameras back into state courts
- Abstracts: Reporters in California, Texas found in contempt. New shield law won't help reporters' contempt cases. Appeals court deadlock protects reporters
- Abstracts: Florida court abolishes newspaper tax exemption. Montana court strikes strategy exemption. Council's session on litigation exceeds scope of exemption
- Abstracts: Court rules judge should review notes. Shield law protects reporter's notes on jailhouse interview: publication of portions of interview does not constitute waiver of privilege
- Abstracts: State high court sets standard for sealing warrants. Access to records cannot be denied over general 'embarrassment'