Daily Archives: October 24, 2018

AP: Some police dogs now have cameras, too

AP: Some police dogs now have cameras, too by Carrie Antlfinger: The devices generally attach to dogs’ backs on a vest and transmit video to a handler watching from a screen, possibly on their wrist or around their necks. It’s … Continue reading

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WaPo: Amazon met with ICE officials over facial-recognition system that could identify immigrants

WaPo: Amazon met with ICE officials over facial-recognition system that could identify immigrants by Drew Harwell: Amazon.com pitched its facial-recognition system in the summer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as a way for the agency to target or identify … Continue reading

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CA10: Body camera video showed consent, and it was a far more congenial sounding conversation than the transcript read

The body camera video shows defendant’s mother consented to the search of the premises, and it is noticeably less allegedly coercive sounding than the transcript. United States v. Morris, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 29830 (10th Cir. Oct. 23, 2018). The … Continue reading

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TN: Police get a call about a passed out parked car driver, but when they get there he’s out of the car; under community caretaking function they can still inquire what’s going on

Police received a call from a liquor store operator that a man was passed out in a car behind the store. When they got there, the man was getting in the car. The community caretaking function still applied because of … Continue reading

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TX14: Two prior searches for blood constitutionally or statutorily didn’t need to be mentioned in affidavit for third

Defendant was in a car wreck that killed another at 1 am, New Years Day 2014. There were three blood draws: one for medical purposes at the hospital, one directed by the police at the hospital, and one after a … Continue reading

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Unrefuted findings of fact on consent are binding on appeal

Defendant was a reported drug overdose, and police and EMTs responded. With a dose of Narcan, she came to, talked, and was taken to the hospital. Meanwhile, there was a plain view, and it was valid. Defendant’s credibility argument that … Continue reading

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CA7 also affirms Playpen warrant on PC and GFE

As with every other circuit, the Seventh Circuit affirms a Playpen warrant on probable cause and good faith exception. United States v. Kienast, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 29887 (7th Cir. Oct. 23, 2018).* Probable cause for the search warrant for … Continue reading

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S.D.N.Y.: PCR claim that officer lied about CI eight years earlier wasn’t actual innocence claim

Defendant’s 2018 post-conviction claim that the officer lied about the existence of a CI in 2010 wasn’t cognizable now because he doesn’t claim actual innocence. Edmonson v. United States, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181045 (S.D. N.Y. Oct. 19, 2018):

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