Vol. 34 No. 11 COURT FINDS THAT STATE LAW REQUIRING SHERIFFS TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE IS CONSTITUTIONAL
In an opinion filed on March 18, 2019, the California Second District Court of Appeal in Boyer v. Cnty. of Ventura[1] held that certain law enforcement experience and education requirements for a person to be elected county sheriff as specified in Government Code section 24004.3 were constitutional. The Court determined that constitutional, statutory, and case […]
Vol. 34 No. 10 WARRANTLESS PLACEMENT OF A GPS TRACKER ON A PAROLEE’S CAR WAS PERMISSIBLE IN LIGHT OF UNITED STATES V. JOHNSON
In the March 15, 2019, in the case of United States v. Korte,[1] the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court’s denial of a defendant parolee’s motions to suppress. The Court of Appeals held that the warrantless placement of a GPS tracker on the parolee’s car did not violate the Fourth Amendment. While […]