Volume 47 | Suffolk Law Review

Constitutional Law—Plain View Observation of Bullet Warrants Protective Sweep of Vehicle Despite Potential Lawful Explanations—People v. Colyar, 996 N.E.2d 575 (Ill. 2013)

Mar 15, 2014 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47

The Fourth Amendment protects the right of the people to be free from “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Despite this constitutional guarantee, the Supreme Court has carved out numerous exceptions to the warrant requirement, most notably, allowances for searches...

Constitutional Law—Evidence Seized Based on Reasonable Police Mistake of Law Held Admissible in North Carolina Court—State v. Heien, 737 S.E.2d 351 (N.C. 2012)

Mar 15, 2014 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47

Under established constitutional law, a police officer’s search or seizure premised on his mistake of law is typically held unconstitutional. Some jurisdictions, however, permit an officer to base his reasonable suspicion or probable cause on a reasonable mistake...

Tort Law—No Duty for Physician To Warn Guards of Inmate’s Communicable Disease—Seebold v. Prison Health Services, Inc., 57 A.3d 1232 (Pa. 2012)

Mar 15, 2014 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 47

One of the critical elements of any action in negligence is the existence of a duty that one party owes to another. Generally a defendant has no duty to protect someone who is at risk due to occurrences that the defendant had no part in generating, but there are...

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