If police pull you over in Indiana, pull over safely, keep your hands visible, provide required identifying information, and avoid volunteering information about possible crimes. You can invoke the Fifth Amendment, refuse consent to a vehicle search, and calmly ask...
Police generally need a warrant to search your phone’s digital contents, even after an arrest. Voluntary consent and certain emergencies can permit warrantless searches. You can refuse consent, but you should not physically resist officers who seize your phone. Riley...
Generally, no. A welfare check does not automatically allow police to enter your Indiana home without a warrant. Police usually need your consent, a warrant, or a genuine emergency that legally justifies immediate entry. What happens when someone calls police for a...
If police say they are conducting a welfare check, staying completely silent can matter. In Case v. Montana, the U.S. Supreme Court held that officers may enter without a warrant when they have an objectively reasonable basis to believe someone inside needs emergency...
Yes. Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2026 decision in Case v. Montana, police may enter a home without a warrant to provide emergency aid. Officers do not need probable cause. They need an objectively reasonable basis to believe someone inside faces serious injury or...
Usually, no. If police knock and ask you to “step outside for a second,” you generally do not have to leave your home. The Fourth Amendment gives the home special protection. Crossing the threshold can significantly change the rules governing a warrantless arrest....
