Court Says Proximity to a Drug Market Does Not Justify Search of a Home There

Court says proximity to a drug market does not justify search of a home there

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury)A federal appeals court threw out the 2019 gun possession conviction of a Calvert County man, agreeing with his argument that the warrant that allowed the search of the home he was in was based on flimsy information. A divided three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a ruling handed down Friday, said the affida…

Court blocks warrantless searches by ICE near churches

A Sikh temple in Sacramento, California along with a coalition of other churches have won a temporary ban on warrantless ICE actions near its house of worship. The ruling reported […] The post Court blocks warrantless searches by ICE near churches appeared first on AsAmNews.