Daily Archives: July 23, 2021

Slate: The One Area Where Supreme Court Jurisprudence Is Actually Improving Thanks to Originalism

Slate: The One Area Where Supreme Court Jurisprudence Is Actually Improving Thanks to Originalism by David Gans (“For decades, the Supreme Court has repeatedly deferred to the police when judging the validity of searches and seizures by the government. For that … Continue reading

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DC: Petr’s debit card records are basic third-party records under Miller and aren’t protected under Carpenter

Debit card financial records are basic third party records, like the bank records in Miller, and Carpenter offers no protection to the petitioner despite his claim of privacy interest in the information. And, if it did, the good faith exception … Continue reading

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CO: Use of flashbang in raid because def was probably armed was non-hearsay at trial

A warrant-executing officer explaining at trial why they used a flashbang device in the raid said it was because the CI told them defendant often carried a gun. No limiting instruction was sought. This was not hearsay because it wasn’t … Continue reading

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