Court Cases

Amicus brief challenging the constitutionality of detaining without probable cause people suspected of past completed crimes.

Amicus brief arguing that evidence of drug dealing away from a person’s home is insufficient to justify a search of the home.

When police tell a person to stop, must the person stop?

What happens when police fail to preserve the photos used in an identification procedure?

Can police obtain a Miranda waiver by asking someone to read if they have not established the person can read?

Are police department standard operating procedures available under OPRA and the common law right of access to public information?

Amicus briefs supporting the creation of and powers granted to the Newark Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).

Amicus brief addressing state’s argument under the “inevitable discovery doctrine” that evidence should not be suppressed because if the police had not acted unconstitutionally, they would have acted constitutionally.

Amicus brief challenging officers’ detention of hotel guests to perform warrant checks in response to a noise complaint, raising issues of implicit racial bias.