Episodes

The Supreme Court decision in Barnes v. Felix eliminates the “moment of the threat” doctrines and not only allows, but calls for the application of the totality of the circumstances approach in determining the reasonableness of police use of force deci...

LEO LAW Legal Update for the week ending October 11, 2024

Broadcast Blue – Search and seizure legal update podcast from LEO LAW. For the week ending June 14, 2024

In this 60-minute podcast, host Bruce-Alan Barnard from LEA ONE provides an in-depth analysis of the Fifth Circuit decision in Villareal v. City of Laredo et al decided on November 1, 2021. In this case, the Fifth Circuit denied qualified immunity to officers who made an arrest under an arrest warrant because the statute under which the arrest was made was deemed to be unconstitutional after the arrest. The court held that, notwithstanding the fact that no court had ever declared the statute un...

In this 30-minute podcast, retired FLETC Senior Legal Instructor Bruce-Alan Barnard explains this important Supreme Court decision regarding the Community Caretaking Exception and what it means for police welfare checks and Red Flag laws.

In this episode, host Bruce-Alan Barnard analyzes the 7th Circuit decision in United States v. Davis providing an explanation of the judicially-recognized exception for Search Incident to Arrest.

Torres v. Madrid – LEA ONE Supreme Court Update This 5-3 decision defines what constitutes a Fourth Amendment seizure by force. The decision was out on the 25th and we had the video and podcasts produced in 24 hours!

LEA ONE Director Bruce-Alan Barnard takes a look at the law governing consent searches. LEA ONE provides legal training you can TRUST! www.lea.one

Bruce-Alan Barnard provides a historical overview of the development of the Fourth Amendment.

Broadcast Blue host Bruce-Alan Barnard is joint by Poppi Ritacco, JD, LLM who is currently a lecturer at the University of Pittsburg and is also a former FLETC Senior Legal Instructor. Bruce and Poppi have a candid discussion about Qualified Immunity and then take a look at the Colorado statute abolishing qualified immunity for Colorado law enforcement officers.

In this episode of Broadcast Blue, Bruce-Alan Barnard discusses the Fourth Amendment issues presented in United States v. Aiken. In this case, the First Circuit applies a three-prong test to determine if the guest of a guest in a motel room has a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in the motel room.

United States v Highbull Private search and recovery of defendant’s cellphone by ex-girlfriend does not constitute government action as to trigger Fourth Amendment applicability.

Carpenter v United States – Special Supreme Court Edition. The US Supreme Court holds that the Third-Party Doctrine does not apply to Cell Site Location Information (CSLI) and it may be reasonable to expect privacy in location information held by third-party cellphone service providers.

In this Special Supreme Court Edition of Broadcast BLUE, Bruce-Alan Barnard analyzes the recent United States Supreme Court decision in Collins v. Virginia where the court held that the Automobile Exception applies only to the vehicle and cannot be used to justify a warrantless entry into the curtilage where the vehicle is located.

US v Alexander 2nd Cir. 01MAY2018 Bruce’s Brownbag Wednesday 2018-15 The Second Circuit applied the Dunn factors to determine that an officer unlawfully searched within the curtilage where two sub-machine guns were found in a bag in a chair next to a shed a few feet from the back door. This is a good case for a review of what constitutes “curtilage” for the purposes of the Fourth Amendment.

This is a quick case summary of Byrd v. United States – USSC May 2018

Montanez v. Carvajal, 11th Cir. May 2018 – Bruce’s Brownbag Wednesday Webinar 2018-14 This case is about a detention that leads to an arrest outside of a dwelling in Deland, Florida. During the detention/arrest, law enforcement officers enter and leave a dwelling six times before obtaining a warrant for the seventh entry. The Eleventh Circuit ruled that the first two entries were lawful due to “exigent circumstances” created by the reasonable belief a home burglary was taking place. They furthe...

BB2018-13 United States v. Flores (1st Circuit 25 April 2018) This is a case about a tip that turns into a warrantless arrest outside of the hotel in Brunswick Maine that evolves into a warrantless search of the hotel room followed by a warrant application and a subsequent search pursuant to the warrant. The Fourth Amendment dominoes did not quite line up in this case, but because there was probable cause to arrest and the Independent Source Doctrine, the case was saved for the prosecution.

BB2018-12 United States v. Johnson, 11th Cir. March 2018 This case involves the response to a 911 call reporting a burglary that results in a Terry Stop, a Terry Frisk, the retrieval of one round of ammunition and a holster, and the search for the firearm to which they belong. Bruce lines up the Fourth Amendment Dominoes with this one!

United States v. Maxi – 11th Cir. (April 2018) This is a case about a warrantless encounter at a Miami duplex that turns into an arrest, a protective sweep, a warrant application and a full-blown search, and the seizure of drugs and guns.