Daily Archives: January 21, 2015

Guardian: Justice Department settles case after DEA set up fake Facebook page in woman’s name

Guardian: Justice Department settles case after DEA set up fake Facebook page in woman’s name Deal comes after federal drug agents used information from New York woman’s cellphone to set up a fake Facebook page in her name

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WaPo: How much civil asset forfeiture will Holder’s new policy actually prevent?

WaPo: How much civil asset forfeiture will Holder’s new policy actually prevent? by Radley Balko: “It will probably affect no more than 6 percent of revenue from such cases.”

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NY Times: $447,000 Seized by Government Will Be Returned to Business

NY Times: $447,000 Seized by Government Will Be Returned to Business by Shiela Dewan: Loretta E. Lynch, the United States attorney for New York’s Eastern District and President Obama’s nominee for attorney general, signed off on Tuesday to a settlement … Continue reading

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N.D.Tex.: Def’s stop was without RS on the totality

Officers drove into the parking lot of an extended stay hotel in Dallas known for its being a high crime area. Defendant was first seen peeking out a propped open door at the end of the building. The officers circled … Continue reading

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D.Minn.: Emergency lights alone doesn’t prove a “stop”; defendant was already parked

Defendant was already parked, so he wasn’t stopped, and the officer’s use of the emergency lights on his police car are not determinative of whether there was a “stop.” There was no display of weapons, touching of defendant, no coercive … Continue reading

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UT: Attenuation doctrine must ultimately bottom on inevitable discovery

Under the attenuation doctrine, incorporating a proximate cause analysis, inevitable discovery must ultimately control where there is both lawful and unlawful police action. State v. Strieff, 2015 UT 2, 2015 Utah LEXIS 4 (January 16, 2015):

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SCOTUSBlog: Argument preview: Dog sniffs and traffic stops – once more to the Fourth Amendment well

SCOTUSBlog: Argument preview: Dog sniffs and traffic stops – once more to the Fourth Amendment well by Rory Little: Prior decisions of the Supreme Court addressing the constitutionality of the use of narcotics-sniffing dogs versus other law enforcement techniques have … Continue reading

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