Daily Archives: July 14, 2021

LA5: Chain of custody issue after search isn’t a motion to suppress issue

A chain of custody dispute from a search isn’t proper in a motion to suppress. That’s a trial issue. State v. Mackey, 2021 La. App. LEXIS 1068 (La. App. 5 Cir. July 12, 2021). “Plaintiff Sally Gaetjens sued various local … Continue reading

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CA2: Parole search valid under “special needs” even without RS

The parole search here lacked reasonable suspicion, but it was justified by the special needs exception to the warrant requirement. “Because a search undertaken by a parole officer of a parolee to detect parole violations is ‘reasonably related to the … Continue reading

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S.D.Ga.: SW for this motel room wasn’t stale after two days

While a search warrant for a motel room, a more transient place than a home, might get stale faster, this one didn’t considering the nature of the allegations. “[B]ased on the totality of the circumstances, the evidence was not stale … Continue reading

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MLive: Michigan man misidentified by facial recognition technology warns Congress of risks posed by police surveillance

MLive: Michigan man misidentified by facial recognition technology warns Congress of risks posed by police surveillance by Malachi Barrett (“A Michigan man who was wrongly arrested after being misidentified by facial recognition technology joined expert witnesses who warned a congressional … Continue reading

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