Chief’s Counsel: The Whole Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court, in District of Columbia v. Wesby, overturned a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and held that the officers had probable cause to arrest partygoers for unlawful entry. This case is of interest because the U.S. Supreme Court strongly admonishes the court of appeals for its overly “excessive technical dissection” of the factors relied upon by the officers in determining they had probable cause to arrest partygoers found in a vacant house.
