Daily Archives: May 7, 2018

ArkTimes.com TANF drug-testing program cost Arkansas $32,000 to test five people in 2017

ArkTimes.com TANF drug-testing program cost Arkansas $32,000 to test five people in 2017 by Benjamin Hardy (two tested positive):

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NYTimes: In Fight Against Violent Crime, Justice Dept. Targets Low-Level Gun Offenders

NYTimes: In Fight Against Violent Crime, Justice Dept. Targets Low-Level Gun Offenders. In my district, through the end of March, 200 cases were filed. Normally, 100. Granted, there are many multi-defendant cases, but the AUSAs told me that they’re taking … Continue reading

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CA10: A verbal judicial order to enter a house to take a child into custody is the equivalent of a warrant

A verbal judicial order to enter a house to take a child into custody is the equivalent of a warrant. Duran v. Muse, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 11481 (10th Cir. May 3, 2018). Motion to suppress was untimely and denied … Continue reading

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D.N.M.: Protective sweep valid to look for other pressure cooker bombs; parent has presumptive apparent authority to consent to search of adult child’s room

Defendant was suspected of making a pressure cooker bomb, which was found. (1) A protective sweep was proper to determine whether there were others in the house. (2) The house was owned by defendant’s father, and defendant merely lived there. … Continue reading

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VI: In a traffic stop, def delayed in getting out and made furtive movements; officer asked “what do you have there?” Answer [“Just some weed.”] wasn’t 5A violation under Berkemer

Defendant was stopped for passing on a double solid line. The officer called out through the vehicle PA for him to get out of the car, but he first fished around moving things. When the officer got to the window, … Continue reading

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Or: Officers didn’t violate def’s privacy by looking under bathroom stall door to see him masturbating

Officers did not violate defendant’s privacy rights in looking under the door from 5′ away to see that he was masturbating and ordering him out. The officers’ look violated no “social norms or [did it] significantly impair defendant’s interest in … Continue reading

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E.D.Va.: Def could be seized under the SW for the business searched when he was found near the door heading in

The narcs timed execution of a search warrant for when defendant’s heroin dealer would arrive. He was near the front door when the police arrived, and he could be detained under Summers and Bailey. United States v. Jones, 2018 U.S. … Continue reading

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