Virginia v. Moore

NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of respondent.

Brief filed: 12/07/2007

Documents

Virginia v. Moore

United States Supreme Court; Case No. 06-1082

Prior Decision

Opinion below 636 S.E.2d 395 (Va. 2006)

Argument(s)

At common law, an arrest falling outside the scope of “arrestable” offenses can never be justified and is always unreasonable; neither probable cause, nor good faith, nor even witnessing the alleged offense can make the arrest reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

Author(s)

E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Heller Ehrman LLP, New York, NY and Warrington S. Parker, III, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, CA.