Vol. 32 No. 33 WARRANTLESS SEARCH OF VEHICLE DASHBOARD CONSOLE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE “AUTOMOBILE EXCEPTION” WHEN SUPPORTED BY PROBABLE CAUSE
On November 13, 2017, the California Court of Appeal for the Sixth Appellate District decided, in the case of People v. Zabala, 2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 996, that the removal of a dashboard console exceeds the scope of a permissible inventory search incident to an arrest without a warrant. However, the Court also held that […]
Vol. 32 No. 32 DISTRICT COURT CONCLUDES THAT THE FOURTH AMENDMENT DOES NOT REQUIRE JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ICE OFFICERS’ PROBABLE CAUSE DETERMINATIONS
In June 2017, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in Roy v. County of Los Angeles,[1] concluded that the Fourth Amendment does not require judicial review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) officers’ probable cause determinations. Background Plaintiffs Geraldo Gonzalez and Simon Chinivizyan (“Plaintiffs”) are both United States’ citizens. At […]