TN: Blue lights not always a seizure
FourthAmendment.com:
Blue lights alone is not a seizure, although it is usually indicative on one. It could be for an emergency or other reason when the officer is on the side of the road. Here, it was not a seizure. State v. Schlueter, 2008 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 417 (May 23, 2008).*
Appellant did not show that the patdown in this case was after the search of his car. The evidence justified the finding that it occurred before and was based on reasonable suspicion. State v. Adams, 2008 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 416 (May 22, 2008).*
Public employees retained a reasonable expection of privacy in their work computers were they were not precluded from using the computers for personal things and the use of the computer was not inherently unlawful (e.g., child porn). Here, a spreadsheet was found and that led to a search warrant for the computers. People v. Wilkinson, 2008 NY Slip Op 28192, 2008 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2987 (Onondaga Co. Ct. May 22, 2008).*