Daily Archives: June 25, 2019

GA: Def was properly allowed at trial to cross-examine searching officer about contents of affidavit despite the affidavit not coming into evidence

Defendant was allowed to cross-examine the investigator concerning the contents of the search warrant application to impeach. The trial court’s not permitting the actual affidavit into evidence wasn’t prejudicial. Hawkins v. State, 2019 Ga. App. LEXIS 377 (June 24, 2019). … Continue reading

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D.S.D.: Contents of partially open box in post office was within plain view

A priority mail box was partially open and inadequately sealed in a post office on tribal lands. A baggie of apparent methamphetamine was visible inside. The post office called the tribal police, and that officer saw it too. This was … Continue reading

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WaPo: Data brokers are selling your secrets. Some states are trying to stop them. It isn’t easy.

WaPo: Data brokers are selling your secrets. Some states are trying to stop them. It isn’t easy. By Douglas MacMillan: Vermont’s new data broker registry highlights the difficulties of regulating dozens of secretive firms that buy and sell the personal … Continue reading

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MN: Search of rented room in single family dwelling was reasonable under SW; it wasn’t apparent it was rented

In a stipulated evidence suppression hearing, defendant did not preserve the issue he presents for appeal. Going to the merits anyway, defendant claimed that his rented room in what was, for all appearances, a single family dwelling was reasonable. The … Continue reading

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