Daily Archives: July 3, 2021

S.D.W.Va.: Pretext on pretext too much for this court; no RS for stop

A lane change without signaling that affected no other motorist wasn’t justification for defendant’s stop. One crossing the fog line isn’t enough. Pretext on pretext is just too much. Motion to suppress granted. United States v. Womack, 2021 U.S. Dist. … Continue reading

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WA: PC and nexus shown for CSLI warrant before Carpenter

Defendant was a suspect in a diamond theft. Police obtained a search warrant for his cell phone location records and that placed him near the burglary at the time it happened, and there was probable cause for it. The search … Continue reading

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Cal.2: Nest and surveillance camera on one’s own property to record ptfs’ loud parties didn’t violate their REP

Defendant’s cameras on their own property, including a Nest camera, that was intended to record plaintiffs’ loud parties did not invade their reasonable expectation of privacy, even if the Nest camera enhanced sound. Mezger v. Bick, 2021 Cal. App. LEXIS … Continue reading

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D.Vt.: CP SW doesn’t need a temporal limitation

A search warrant for child pornography doesn’t really need a temporal limitation, considering the nature of what’s sought. United States v. Johnson, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122802 (D. Vt. June 29, 2021):

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