Daily Archives: December 24, 2024

To ChatGPT: Why should lawyers not trust AI for briefs?

Lawyers may have concerns about relying on AI for legal briefs due to several reasons. While AI can be a powerful tool for legal research and drafting, there are potential pitfalls that can make it risky to trust AI entirely … Continue reading

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KY: Landlord’s maintenance entry with electrician and a LEO because of a feared weapon was reasoanable

Defendant was schizophrenic and he was destroying the wiring in his apartment. The landlord got an electrician and then they brought a police officer because they feared he had a weapon (which he did). The entry by the police was … Continue reading

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MA: SW for “controlled substances” without specifying anything in particular was overbroad

Search warrant for “controlled substances” without specifying anything in particular, including what the controlled buy allegedly was, was overbroad. In addition, the warrant wasn’t present at the search, so it can’t help limit the search [which seems kind of a … Continue reading

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NC: Smell of dead animal led police to exigency of finding dogs in distress

The officer responded to a neighbor’s call that there was the smell of a dead animal coming from defendant’s property. The officer walked up the driveway and could see chained obviously sickly dogs with no food or water. The smell … Continue reading

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NC: Drug dog alert on def’s car isn’t RS to frisk his person

A drug dog alert on defendant’s car isn’t reasonable suspicion to frisk his person. State v. Stollings, 2024 N.C. App. LEXIS 1006 (Dec. 17, 2024). Defense counsel wasn’t ineffective for not further challenging the search warrant issued after an entry … Continue reading

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Reason: New Cert Petition on Emergency Entry: What Was the Common Law Rule?

Reason: New Cert Petition on Emergency Entry: What Was the Common Law Rule? A few thoughts on a pending cert petition. by Orin S. Kerr:

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