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The trial court properly denied a Franks hearing because the defense provided no offer of proof as to what was false and how it affected probable cause. State v. Pargo, 2012 Iowa App. LEXIS 228 (March 28, 2012).*

Taillight violation supported stop that revealed defendant was an “habitual” driving without a DL violator. State v. Hughes, 2012 Iowa App. LEXIS 266 (March 28, 2012).*

The trial court erred in not considering the defendant’s offer of proof of the 911 call and other things on the question of reliability of an anonymous tip, but, on de novo review, the court of appeals considers it and finds that it does not change the outcome. State v. Kooima, 2012 Iowa App. LEXIS 231 (March 28, 2012).*

Defendant took a pretrial application for writ to this court on a Gant issue denied by the trial court, and that order was law of the case and could not be appealed again on the direct appeal from the conviction. State v. Massey, 2012 La. App. LEXIS 413 (La. App. 5th Cir. March 27, 2012).

There was no proof that the officer’s challenged statements was anything more than negligent. One was a reasonable assumption based on the facts known to the officer at the time. United States v. Wyatt, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42725 (W.D. Ky. March 28, 2012)*:

Just because there is no Fourth Amendment rights in prison does not mean that an inmate has no rights at all. Here, the inmate’s drinking mug was bought with his own money, and it was arbitrarily confiscated. He stated a claim under the takings clause of the state constitution. Johnson v. King, 2012 Miss. App. LEXIS 169 (Miss. App. March 27, 2012).*

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities investigating the 2009 disappearance of a Utah woman found her blood in the family home and a hand-written note in which she expressed fear about her husband and her potential demise, according to documents unsealed Friday....

CHICAGO (AP) -- A nephew of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade was one of 13 men shot - two fatally - during a violent six-hour stretch in Chicago, another indication that violence is on the rise in the nation's third-largest city....

SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) -- Residents of a tight-knit eastern Montana town mixed calls for justice with sorrowful relief Friday as they mourned a high school teacher who was kidnapped, strangled and her body buried in a shallow grave discovered after two months of searching....

SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) -- Residents of a tight-knit eastern Montana town mixed calls for justice with sorrowful relief Friday as they mourned a high school teacher who was kidnapped, strangled and her body buried in a shallow grave discovered after two months of searching....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. government's biosecurity advisers said Friday they support publishing research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, don't reveal details bioterrorists could use....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. government's biosecurity advisers said Friday they support publishing research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, don't reveal details bioterrorists could use....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. government's biosecurity advisers said Friday they support publishing research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, don't reveal details bioterrorists could use....

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Investigators believe two people missing after a large fire ripped through a marina in northwest Washington state were trapped aboard a burning boat that sank during the blaze....

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- A citrus disease that has killed millions of citrus trees and cost growers billions of dollars across Florida and Brazil has been detected in California, despite the industry's best efforts to keep it at bay....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Across the country, Americans plunked down an estimated $1.5 billion on the longest of long shots: an infinitesimally small chance to win what could end up being the single biggest lottery payout the world has ever seen....

In press releases and ads, colleges love boasting they're "military friendly" and "veterans friendly" - and that isn't just because veterans are usually good students and campus leaders....

In press releases and ads, colleges love boasting they're "military friendly" and "veterans friendly" - and that isn't just because veterans are usually good students and campus leaders....

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- When he was shot, Trayvon Martin was not the baby-faced boy in the photo that has been on front pages across the country. And George Zimmerman wasn't the beefy-looking figure in the widely published mugshot....

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- When he was shot, Trayvon Martin was not the baby-faced boy in the photo that has been on front pages across the country. And George Zimmerman wasn't the beefy-looking figure in the widely published mugshot....

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- When he was shot, Trayvon Martin was not the baby-faced boy in the photo that has been on front pages across the country. And George Zimmerman wasn't the beefy-looking figure in the widely published mugshot....

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When he was shot, Trayvon Martin was not the baby-faced boy in the photo that has been on front pages across the country. And George Zimmerman wasn't the beefy-looking figure in the widely published mugshot.

Both photos are a few years old and no ...

LUFKIN, Texas (AP) -- A former Texas nurse accused of killing five of her patients and injuring five others by injecting bleach into their kidney dialysis tubing was found guilty of capital murder Friday....

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Friday that the state has reached a settlement in the long-running dispute over leases to develop the Point Thomson gas fields, clearing the way for progress on a major pipeline project....