by Brian MacMaster | Jun 26, 2025 | Police Law in a Nutshell
Officers know when to advise suspects of their Miranda rights, but are sometimes unsure what actions to take if a suspect invokes the right to silence or the right to an attorney. Let’s try to grasp it all in a nutshell. First of all, just a quick refresher that...
by Brian MacMaster | May 28, 2025 | Police Law in a Nutshell
Before discussing situations where the law allows a warrantless vehicle search, we must keep in mind the Search Warrant Rule: any search conducted without a warrant is presumptively unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. To overcome this presumption, the prosecution...
