Blog Posts in July, 2011
Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
The San Antonio Court of Appeals issued an interesting opinion recently. The facts were as follows: A confidential informant told police that the suspect was growing marijuana at his home. The ...
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Posted on Jul 25, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
As we have noted in our examination of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, a person has Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution protection ...
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Posted on Jul 20, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
No one would ever associate "bath salts" with drug use, but the Drug Enforcement Agency has recently named "bath salts" a drug of concern. In fact, the Drug Enforcement Agency just ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
We know that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires that all searches and seizures shall be conducted pursuant to a warrant. No warrant shall issue without probable cause. ...
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Posted on Jul 18, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
It is always important to take a step back and remember why there is a Fourth Amendment . Remember, the Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. As a general rule, the law ...
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Posted on Jul 14, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
If you will recall, we have addressing the Fourth Amendment and protection in one's home. After all, there is no greater sense of protection and privacy that one has in his or her own home. We have ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
This question might seem weird--but, today we are evaluating this unique situation to see just how far we have gone in the Fourth Amendment. As you may recall, the Fourth Amendment provides us great ...
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Posted on Jul 12, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Snoopy. Marmaduke. Lassie. All are man's best friend. Unless that man is a suspect in drug case. Then K-9s use their highly evolved sense of smell into some of the most efficient crime combatants in ...
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Posted on Jul 11, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
If you will recall, in a previous blog post we analyzed the evolution of the Fourth Amendment and its focus of protection on privacy (e.g., people) and not things. Perhaps though, no thing in this ...
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