The Second District reversed and ordered suppression. An inventory search must be tied to a legitimate caretaking purpose, such as protecting property, protecting police from claims, or removing a vehicle that threatens traffic or public safety. It cannot be used as a substitute for probable cause w
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The Sixth District ordered cell-location evidence suppressed because an armed carjacking investigation did not establish a case-specific emergency excusing a warrant.
The Alaska Court of Appeals held that interference instructions subsumed the constitutional true-threat test, while vacating an unsupported probation search condition.
The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed an object-rape conviction because repeated accounts of the victim’s report added no new facts and caused no Strickland prejudice.
The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed rape and aggravated-assault convictions, holding that counsel’s challenged evidentiary choices fit a coherent trial strategy.
The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed an inmate’s appeal, holding that direct claims against state entities were immune and challenges to parole and corrections action belonged in certiorari proceedings reviewed by the criminal appellate court.
The Alabama Supreme Court ordered reconsideration of a murder defendant officer’s pretrial immunity claim under § 13A-3-23 rather than the distinct peace-officer use-of-force statute.
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The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed a second-degree murder conviction, clarified sufficiency review, rejected plain error in a transferred-intent instruction, and retained Strickland for state constitutional ineffective-assistance claims.
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