This entry will deal with the question of whether a person can challenge a search made of his hotel room. The United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions protect individuals from unreasonable searches of their person, homes, and effects. Obviously, the question...
A D.U.I. checkpoint constitutes a seizure and is subject to a constitutional analysis. A checkpoint must meet five criteria in order for the checkpoint to be constitutional: 1. the vehicle stops must be brief and not involve a physical search; 2. there must be...
The issue of whether the Commonwealth must disclose the identity of a confidential informant generally arises in two cases: where an informant provides probable cause for the issuance of a warrant; and non-warrant cases, where the informant is an eyewitness to the...