Entries tagged with: Herring v. US
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Divided Supreme Court Upholds Strip Search of those Arrested for Minor Offenses
In a 5-4 opinion by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court held that the suspicionless strip search of a prison detainee does not violate the Fourth Amendment. The case, Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, involved a wrongful arrest based on...
Supreme Court Permits Arrest Based on Police Database Error, EPIC Amicus Brief Cited in Dissent
In a 5-4 opinion, the Supreme Court has held that the police may use false information contained in a police database as the evidence for an arrest. Chief Justice Roberts held that, "when police mistakes are the result of negligence...
