Daily Archives: February 1, 2019

D.D.C.: Officers’ testimony about smell of PCP was too equivocal to be reliable

The officers’ testimony about allegedly smelling PCP when they stopped defendant was too equivocal through the hearing to be reliable. A patdown of defendant off that alleged smell produced a gun in his pocket. Defendant’s alleged consent to the patdown … Continue reading

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ABAJ: Lawyer’s suit says FaceTime bug allowed secret recording of deposition, caused emotional trauma

ABAJ: Lawyer’s suit says FaceTime bug allowed secret recording of deposition, caused emotional trauma bY Debra Cassens Weiss:

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CA9: The federal appropriation statute against prosecution in MMJ cases is not an immunity from SW

In the face of the state’s medical marijuana law, the search warrant for defendant’s property was based on federal law not state law. The federal appropriations clause against prosecution in medical marijuana cases is not immunity. “The two cases that … Continue reading

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