Month: November 2020

Consent to Search Can be Given by Gestures, Kansas Supreme Court Clarifies

Author: Andrew Tague, Staff Editor State v. Daino, No. 120,824, (Kan. Nov. 13, 2020) Issue: The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and section 15 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights permit warrantless searches of an individual’s …

2020 Election Sees Oregon Take a Bold New Step in Decriminalizing Hard Drug Possession. Will Other States Follow?

While the 2020 election has been dominated by talk of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, other victories garnered headlines.  On November 4, 2020, Oregon, the first state in the country to decriminalize marijuana possession in 1973, became the first …