Category: Fourth Amendment
Congress and Internet privacy: Ode to the dawn of the twilight
Ode to the dawn of the twilight Nothing much happened today. Nothing much at all. Congress did some stuff. Whatever. Well maybe not exactly whatever….
The interest in personal autonomy and privacy
Petitioner enjoyed the right to raise the defense of personal autonomy and privacy in the bedroom. Petitioner was denied the ability to raise his defense…
Jay Leiderman and Vivien Lesnik Weisman – The Hacker Wars
JAY LEIDERMAN AND VIVIEN LESNIK WEISMAN POSTER FROM ANONYMOUS VIDEO Jay Leiderman and Vivien Lesnik Weisman www.jayleiderman.com and thehackerwars.com are featured in the below picture. Jay was a participant, a…
New case about expectation of privacy (4th Amendment) and P2P networks
Defendant had no 4th Amendment reasonable expectation of privacy in his shared folder associated with the P2P (peer-to-peer) network. (312) (425) The evidence leading to defendant’s…
The Importance of Promptly Updating your Operating System / Software on iPhone
What is the Importance of Promptly Updating your Operating System / Software on iPhone? The thing to remember about application updates is that they usually…
Suppressing the fruits of an illegal search
THE FRUITS OF AN ILLEGAL SEARCH OR SEIZURE ARE TAINTED AND MAY NOT BE USED AS EVIDENCE Evidence seized as the result of a search…
Cats vs. Drug Sniffing Dogs
Cats are juxtaposed to drug sniffing dogs. It’s an unfair juxtaposition. The cat is the internet’s favorite animal. The internet has it all wrong about…
The Fourth Amendment / Fifth Amendment difference
For a discussion explaining the Fourth Amendment / Fifth Amendment difference as it relates to a claim that Miranda was required because the suspect was…
Sentencing entrapment, the behind the scenes story
“The district court’s finding that Naranjo was involved in a five-kilogram cocaine transaction does not preclude a finding of sentencing entrapment. We now address Naranjo’s…
The street value of drugs aka “cop math”
Cop math Dennis Roberts, via email, 9 June 2016 Ahhh, cop math. Today I read a new story about drug trafficking; a huge marijuana raid…