CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE

It is rarely pointed out that the citizen should know his rights, and if
he/she is silly enough to answer in the affirmative instead of using the
5th Amendment and saying no, case law like this appears. A citizen
should never burden any official with more info than they can process in
his/her favor, not should they ever give consent to search. Ever. Just
substitute a firearm instead of drugs. In many jurusdictions a firearm
is just as bad as dope. Now remember, before anyone howls about the war
on drugs, I didn’t start it and I’m against it.
This is an issue of law and the Constitutional application of it from
which citizens can learn something they need to know it they don’t
already know it..

JH

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE

US v PURCELL, No 99-11537 (11th Cir. January 04, 2001)
A fourteen minute prolonged detention during traffic stop by law
enforcement to wait for information about the criminal histories of
the car’s occupants is reasonable, and scope of the stop was not
impermissibly enlarged when officer asked defendant whether he had
any “firearms, guns, or narcotics” in the car.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:

http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/11th/9911537OPN.html