UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. DAVID CARMONA, MARCO RUIZ OCHOA, MOSES… Bench Name, Court Name, and Judgment Date Facts Ronald Yoel Marte Carmona was convicted on multiple charges related to fentanyl distribution. He was indicted on one count of conspiracy…
UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, v. Jean Carlos POLACO-HANCE, Defendant. Bench Name, Court Name, and Judgment Date Facts Jean Carlos Polaco-Hance, the defendant, was convicted of being a felon in unlawful possession of a machinegun and sentenced to seventy-two months in prison,…
California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35; 108 S. Ct. 1625; 100 L. Ed. 2d 30 (1988) Facts—Acting on information that Greenwood might be in the narcotics trade, the Laguna Beach Police Department asked the neighborhood’s regular trash collector to pick…
California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207; 106 S. Ct. 1809; 90 L. Ed. 2d 210 (1986) Facts—Policemen acted on a tip that Ciraolo was growing marijuana in his backyard. Because of an inner and outer high fence it was difficult…
New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325; 105 S. Ct. 733; 83 L. Ed. 2d 720 (1985) Facts—A fourteen-year-old high school freshman in New Jersey (and a companion) were discovered smoking in the school lavatory in violation of school rules.…
Nix v. Williams, 467 U.S. 431; 104 S. Ct. 2501; 81 L. Ed. 2d 377 (1984) Facts—On Christmas Eve in 1968 ten-year-old Pamela Powers disappeared from a YMCA building in Des Moines, Iowa. A fourteen-year-old boy subsequently saw Williams carrying…
United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897; 104 S. Ct. 3405; 82 L. Ed. 2d 677 (1984) Facts—Police obtained a facially valid search warrant to conduct a search from which they gained evidence that resulted in an indictment for possessing…
United States v. Ross, 456 U.S. 798; 102 S. Ct. 2157; 72 L. Ed. 2d 572 (1982) Facts—Acting on information supplied by a reliable informant, the police stopped a described automobile and individual, opened the car’s trunk, and discovered heroin.…
Marshall v. Barlow’s, Inc., 436 U.S. 307; 98 S. Ct. 1816; 56 L. Ed. 2d 305 (1978) Facts—On September 11, 1975, an inspector under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) entered Barlow’s, Inc., an electrical and plumbing…
Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily, 436 U.S. 547; 98 S. Ct. 1920; 56 L. Ed. 2d 525 (1978) Facts—On April 9, 1971, officers from the Palo Alto Police Department and the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department were called to the…