Can law enforcement fly drones over your private property? Should police need a search warrant to conduct drone surveillance?
Should Police Need a Warrant to Fly a Drone Over Your House?
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By: Wallin & Klarich
Can law enforcement fly drones over your private property? Should police need a search warrant to conduct drone surveillance?
By: Wallin & Klarich
Should law enforcement be allowed to search your iPhone? Are you required to give them the passcode to unlock your phone if you are stopped by police?
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The criminal defense attorneys at Wallin & Klarich discuss a recent Supreme Court case which involved a police officer searching an individual’s home who objected while not being present.
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There are certain circumstances when a police officer can legally search you without possessing a search warrant. The attorneys at Wallin & Klarich explain when this is possible.
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The Fourth Amendment protects you from unreasonable search and seizure, even if you are on probation. Call Wallin & Klarich if your Fourth Amendment rights have been violated.
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Today’s so-called Smart Phones hold a great deal of information that has little relevance to phone calls. As such, some argue that police should be required to obtain a search warrant before inspecting the contents of a cell phone. They submit that obtaining evidence from cell phones without a warrant amounts to a violation of …
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The Court of Appeals in Los Angeles has just ruled that a visitor to an inmate has no expectation of privacy in any item that they may place in a jail or prison locker. On September 29. 2011 the court ruled in People vs. Boulter that if you decide to place any item in a …
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(1) Where a citizen feels “free to leave” and terminate the encounter at will. Here, there has been no “detention” under the law. This falls outside the scope of Fourth Amendment protections prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures of a person, their home, papers, and effects; (2) Brief “seizures”, which triggers Fourth Amendment protections and also …
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The California appellate court has held that even though a vehicle does in fact have a temporary operating permit displayed somewhere on the vehicle, if the police officer does not see the temporary operating permit, and the vehicle does not have license plates, then the stop of the vehicle is legal. People v. Dotson ﴾3rd …
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In general, police must have a warrant before entering a residence. Of course, certain exceptions apply to the general rule which requires a warrant before entry. One such exception is known as the, “emergency exception.” The emergency exception is often used by police and prosecutors to justify a warrantless entry. Hiring a Riverside criminal defense …
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