Daily Archives: October 1, 2021

W.D.Pa.: Prison law librarians can examine papers to determine whether there’s a litigation deadline to manage library access

“Librarian Winters’ request to see Ivy’s legal documents to verify that he had upcoming deadlines also serves the DOC’s interest in institutional order and management of resources by balancing an individual inmate’s need for additional law library time with the … Continue reading

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CA7: Untimely filed suppression motion is waived

The three defendants filed untimely motions to suppress under the scheduling order; two were in the days before the trial and the third was during the trial. They were fact intensive and would have required a hearing. “Even on appeal, … Continue reading

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IL: No statutory right to REP in telephone call from police station

As to testimony about an overheard phone call from the police station: “While conceding that he had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his phone conversation with his aunt, defendant maintains that such evidence was inadmissible because the police were … Continue reading

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