March 7, 2017 (Fault Lines)– Robert Evans must be smiling a little brighter inside his cell in the Garden State. After a good fondling by Jersey cops looking for drugs, he now gets a new trial after years in jail because someone in the Vineland Police Department doesn’t understand how “plain feel” searches work in the framework of the Fourth Amendment.
Officer Felipe Laboy performed a “warrant check” at the beginning of his shift on January 4, 2012. This was an irregular practice for Officer Laboy, but one that included Evans’ name that night. Never you mind that warrant was
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