Daily Archives: July 17, 2021

CT: Statutorily required HIV testing in sex case without showing of need violated state constitution

Compulsory HIV testing of a person accused in a sex crime violates the state constitution’s privacy and search and seizure provision. There is a lack of medical justification for it. State v. Bemer, 2021 Conn. LEXIS 205 (July 14, 2021). … Continue reading

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E.D.Pa.: Pushing shopping cart at night with an ATM in it was RS

Defendants having an ATM machine in a shopping cart late at night during a BLM “disturbance” was reasonable suspicion. United States v. Pennycooke, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132128 (E.D. Pa. July 15, 2021).* Since defendant concedes there was probable cause … Continue reading

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