Category: Search Warrant

A search warrant or recognized constitutional exception to the warrant requirement is required for law enforcement authorities to conduct a blood draw for the purposes of testing the alcohol content or toxicology of a suspect’s blood. Under laws passed by the Tennessee legislature, a blood draw may be ‘mandatory’ under certain statutory circumstances when a

A search warrant is a judicial authorization to search a person or place. To be valid, a search warrant must be supported by probable cause to suspect that the search may reveal evidence of a crime. The probable cause is alleged within an affidavit presented to a judge or magistrate when seeking the warrant. In

A search warrant is formal judicial authorization for a search and/or seizure of property which may contain evidence of a crime. It requires a probable cause to suspect the property may contain evidence of a crime. It requires a ‘nexus’ between the suspected criminal activity and the property to be searched and/or seized. The evidence