A roadblock to stop a fleeing bank robber was reasonable: It stopped the one vehicle they had a description for, and it was placed based on reports from the beeper. United States v. Rodger, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 11572 (11th Cir. June 6, 2013).
The trial court erred in holding that the police with an anonymous report of a methamphetamine lab should have gotten a search warrant. There wasn’t yet probable cause. They went to the house to corroborate it, and when the door was opened, the found an operating meth lab with a smoky haze in the room. That constituted an emergency to seize the apartment for an emergency search. State v. Lee, 2013 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 44 (June 7, 2013).*
Gant’s “reasonable to believe” language applies to DUI cases for a search incident. State v. Ewertz, 2013 Kan. App. LEXIS 51 (June 7, 2013).*
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