High Court to Rule Whether Bullets Always Qualify as a Seizure

Managing Partner J. Scott Tiedemann and Associate Brian Hoffman explored whether the Fourth Amendment applies to a police shooting if the suspect escapes in the “High Court to Rule Whether Bullets Always Qualify as a Seizure”, which was published in the Nov. 6, 2020 issue of the Daily Journal. The article highlights the Oct. 14 oral argument in Torres v. Madrid that was presented to the U.S. Supreme Court, which clarifies what constitutes a seizure under the Fourth Amendment. To read the article in its entirety, please visit the Daily Journal’s website here.