Police
-
Miranda Warnings: A Constitutional Right or Supreme Court “Prophylactic”?
By Cameron Bray On April 20, 2022, attorneys and Justices of the United States Supreme Court sparred over whether Miranda… Read More
-
The Scarlet Letter: North Carolina, Giglio, and the Injury in Search of a Remedy
12 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 24 Jeffrey Steven McConnell Warren, Esq.* In North Carolina, a law enforcement officer’s career… Read More
-
Community Caretaking Function: A Doctrinal Overview
By: Nick Christopherson On August 30, 2019, twenty-three year old Elijah McClain died[1] from injuries sustained during a police welfare… Read More
-
Sleeping While Black: Breonna Taylor, No-Knock Warrants, and the Need for Reform
By Itané O. Coleman On November 21, 2006, Kathryn Johnston was ninety-two. Police entered her home. They shot her six… Read More
-
Fourth Circuit Limits Qualified Immunity in Sexually Intrusive Searches
By: Hailey Cleek & Mike Garrigan In 2014, David E. Abbott, a detective with the Manassas City Police Department in… Read More
-
4th Amendment Rights: The Reasonableness of Prolonged Traffic Stops
By: Matthew Welch & Gilbert Smolenski On March 1, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit… Read More
-
Fourth Circuit Finds Duration of Traffic Stop Reasonable under Fourth Amendment
By Sophia Blair On March 30, 2017, the Fourth Circuit issued a published criminal opinion, United States v. Hill. Donald Hill… Read More
-
Fourth Circuit Reverses for Admittance of Prior Arrest Evidence
By Sophia Blair On October 27th, 2016, the Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded a civil case, Makia Smith v. Baltimore… Read More
-
Qualified Immunity Defense Shocks Plaintiff Who Alleges Use of Excessive Force
By Taylor Anderson On January 11, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion regarding the civil case Estate of… Read More
-
The Coming Crisis in Law Enforcement and How Federal Intervention Could Promote Police Accountability in a Post-Ferguson United States
4 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 31 Kami Chavis Simmons*[1] Introduction Officer Darren Wilson’s fatal shooting of Michael Brown has… Read More