Brinegar v. United States

9 Analyses of this case by attorneys

  1. RI: No apparent authority to consent shown; police merely assumed consenter lived there, but she didn’t

    Law Offices of John Wesley HallJohn Wesley HallJune 28, 2017

    State v. Terzian, 2017 R.I. LEXIS 98 (June 23, 2017):This Court recognizes that, in the context of apparent authority, “room must be allowed for some mistakes on [the officer’s] part.” Rodriguez, 497 U.S. at 186 (quoting Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 176, 69 S. Ct. 1302, 93 L. Ed. 1879 (1949)). However, “the mistakes must be those of reasonable men, acting on facts leading sensibly to their conclusions of probability.”

  2. How many times can the same police department arrest you on a warrant that bears your name but is plainly not intended for you?

    Zuckerman Spaeder LLPDavid ReiserFebruary 6, 2023

    he warrant for a crime committed by the brother was issued in the plaintiff’s name. The plaintiff matched the warrant description, because his brother had used the plaintiff’s identifying information, and the warrant was both recent and locally issued. The police caught their mistake only after they had a photograph of the wanted person (the brother). And, as the Sosa dissent notes, technology at the time did not allow the police to verify identity as rapidly they could forty years later.4 Sosa v. Martin County (Fl.) Sheriff, 13 F.4th 1254, 1278 (11th Cir. 2021).5 2023 WL 328389 at *6 (Newsom, J., concurring).6 2023 WL 328389 at *29 (Rosenbaum, J., dissenting).7 13 F.4th at 1266.8 See Rodriguez v. Farrell, 280 F.3d 1341, 1345 (11th Cir. 2002).9 TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 141 S. Ct. 2190, 2201 (2021).10 Ibrahim v. DHS, 669 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir. 2012).11 480 U.S. 79 (1987).12 555 U.S. 135 (2009).13 Heien v. North Carolina, 135 S. Ct. 530, 536 (2014) (quoting Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 176 (1949)).

  3. M.D.Ala.: Unmarked pill bottle with apparent crack in it was in plain view during protective sweep after arrest in house

    Law Offices of John Wesley HallAugust 19, 2018

    A ‘practical, nontechnical’ probability that incriminating evidence is involved is all that is required. Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 176, 69 S.Ct. 1302, 1311, 93 L.Ed. 1879 (1949).” Id.

  4. IL: “Immediately apparent” for plain view really means “probable cause”

    Law Offices of John Wesley HallJohn Wesley HallJune 2, 2017

    Id. at 742 (citing Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 176, 69 S. Ct. 1302, 93 L. Ed. 1879 (1949)).

  5. Deus ex Canini: Drug Dogs & Probable Cause

    Seth StoughtonAugust 17, 2015

    Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 371 (2003). It is, instead, "a practical, nontechnical concept[]," Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 176 (1949), that refers to the amount of proof that would "warrant a belief by a man of reasonable caution that a crime is being [or has been] committed," id. at n.4.

  6. Litigating Consent to Search In New York

    Easton Thompson Kasperek Shiffrin LLPFebruary 1, 2013

    The officer need not be absolutely certain that the individual is armed; the issue is whether a reasonably prudent man in the circumstances would be warranted in the belief that his safety or that of others was in danger. Cf. Beck v. State of Ohio, 379 U.S. 89, 91, 85 S.Ct. 223, 226, 13 L.Ed.2d 142 (1964); Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 174—176, 69 S.Ct. 1302, 1311, 93 L.Ed. 1879 (1949); Stacey v. Emery, 97 U.S. 642, 645, 24 L.Ed. 1035 (1878).23 And in determining whether the officer acted reasonably in such circumstances, due weight must be given, not to his inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or ‘hunch,’ but to the specific reasonable inferences which he is entitled to draw from the facts in light of his experience.

  7. STANDARDS OF PROOF

    John T. Floyd Law FirmJohn T. FloydJanuary 8, 2009

    These rules are historically grounded rights in our system, developed to safeguard men from dubious and unjust convictions, with resulting forfeitures of life, liberty and property.” See: Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 174 (1959).The Supreme Court in Winship recognized that the reasonable doubt standard protects three fundamental interests.

  8. Capital Defense Weekly, September 30, 2002

    Capital Defense NewsletterSeptember 30, 2002

    These rules are historically grounded rights of our system, developed to safeguard [persons] from dubious and unjust convictions, with resulting forfeitures of life, liberty and property.” Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 174 (1949).The full panoply of criminal trial rights may not be appropriate at all phases of a capital sentencing, given the mandate to fashion an individualized sentence, based on a broad range of information.

  9. Brinegar v. U.S Case Brief

    Kentucky Justice & Public Safety CabinetJuly 19, 2001

    Brinegar v. U.S., 338 U.S. 160, 69 S.Ct. 1302 (1949)FACTS: On March 3, 1947, Malsed, an investigator with the Alcohol Tax Unit (Oklahoma) and another officer, were parked on a highway in northeastern Oklahoma, about five miles from the Missouri state line. They spotted Brinegar driving past.