Law for VA LEOs

The U.S. Supreme Court announced that in October they will hear a case that could be one of the most significant cases in 20 years on emergency entries into homes. Today, we preview that case and the issues at stake.

Last month, the Court of Appeals reversed the ruling of a trial court suppressing evidence from a search warrant in a murder case. The court also examined issues of exigent circumstances and a search warrant for cellphone location data. We examine the rulings.

In Episode 115, we discussed the potential conviction "sealing" law that was going to take effect in July 2025. This year, the General Assembly made big changes to that system and it will now go into effect in July 2026. Today we talk about the new "sealing" system.

This week, the 4th Circuit issued a ruling in a high-profile police deadly force case, applying the "new" rule announced by the U.S. Supreme Court last month that we discussed in Ep. 120. We talk about the court's ruling and reasoning.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a highly-anticipated ruling in a deadly force case from Texas - does it change the law? We examine the potential impact in Virginia.

This week, the 4th Circuit issued its much-anticipated En Banc ruling in Chatrie geofence case. We examine the ruling and what it means for lawful process seeking electronic data.

In the last few months, there have been interesting cases on consent to search, including a ruling on a common question regarding consent and searching bags in vehicles.

This week the Governor signed a bill that, starting July 1, 2025, creates a new search warrant process for out-of-state records that are stored electronically. Today we examine that new process.

This month, the 4th Circuit examined when you can search a vehicle incident to arrest, attempting to resolve a 15-year-old question about Arizona v. Gant. This week we examine that thorny question.

On July 1, 2025, Virginia will start "sealing" many felony and misdemeanor convictions from public, court, and criminal justice view. What does that mean? Today we discuss the statute.