The Michigan Supreme Court has tightened the legal standard for searching people during a traffic stop. The court unanimously ruled in favor of a car passenger who said his rights were violated when police in Jackson County searched his backpack without his consent.
Read MoreThe Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently confirmed school officials’ governmental immunity in a Fourth Amendment challenge to a search of one high school student’s cell phone.
Read MoreIn 2015, the United States Supreme Court gave credence to Jay-Z's 99 Problem's "infamous" second verse by holding: "Absent reasonable suspicion, police extension of a traffic stop in order to conduct a dog sniff violates the Constitution’s shield against unreasonable seizures,"
Yesterday, the Michigan Court of Appeals confirmed that a prolonged traffic stop resulting in a search of an automobile, wholly based on a "hunch" of a police officer, is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
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