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.