Daily Archives: January 27, 2017

LA1: DNA testing for paternity testing is governed by the 4A

Court ordered DNA testing for paternity is a search under the Fourth Amendment, but it is reasonable. L.J.D. v. M.V.S, 2017 La. App. LEXIS 107 n.8 (La.App. 1 Cir. Jan. 25, 2017). The police knew three weeks ahead of time … Continue reading

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S.D.W.Va.: Pen register information collected beyond time limit of register not suppressed under 4A because it’s not a search

Pen register information collected outside the time period of the pen register order would not be suppressed under the Fourth Amendment because its collection is not even a “search.” Defendant has no standing in search warrants issued for two cell … Continue reading

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N.D.Cal.: Documents seized beyond SW terms in computer search suppressed

The government seized documents in a computer search that are outside the warrant because it didn’t comply with a Comprehensive Drug Testing computer search protocol, but it declines to remove them from its computer image file because it would taint … Continue reading

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