Daily Archives: May 6, 2018

Business Insider: How to delete your DNA data from genetics companies like 23andMe and Ancestry

Business Insider: How to delete your DNA data from genetics companies like 23andMe and Ancestry by Erin Brodwin:

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NYTimes: N.S.A. Triples Collection of Data From U.S. Phone Companies

NYTimes: N.S.A. Triples Collection of Data From U.S. Phone Companies by Charlie Savage:

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NYTimes: Drug Arrests at Immigration Checkpoint Violated Constitution, New Hampshire Court Finds

NYTimes: Drug Arrests at Immigration Checkpoint Violated Constitution, New Hampshire Court Finds by Ron Nixon:

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CA4: It’s a reasonable inference that evidence of bank fraud will be found at home

It is a reasonable inference that records of bank fraud would be found in defendant’s home because it is usually kept for many years. The officer stated this in the affidavit for the search warrant as based on his experience, … Continue reading

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NY4: Oral motion to suppress denied; has to be written

An oral motion to suppress fails. It was required to be in writing for the record. People v. Hinojoso-Soto, 2018 NY Slip Op 03264, 2018 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3195 (4th Dept. May 4, 2018). Driving a car at a … Continue reading

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E.D.Ky.: A cell phone left in an abandoned car is also abandoned

A cell phone left in an abandoned car is also abandoned. United States v. Green, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75738 (E.D. Ky. May 4, 2018). The police had a search warrant for animal fighting for the dogs and papers for … Continue reading

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D.N.J.: Previous finding of good faith applies to later Franks challenge

Defendant had already filed a suppression motion and lost on good faith. Now he files a motion based on Franks that statements of witnesses in quote marks weren’t accurate. The previous finding of good faith carries over to here, and … Continue reading

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