Legal Update January February 2019
Larry E. Holtz, Esq. Driveway Car Searches Unlawful Without a Warrant Does the automobile exception permit a law enforcement officer – uninvited and without a warrant – to enter the curtilage of a home in order to search a vehicle parked at the top of the home’s driveway? Recently, in Collins v. Virginia, 584 U.S. ___ (2018), the United States Supreme Court said, “No!” “The automobile exception does not afford the necessary lawful right of access to search a…