TX3: Even if revenge porn statute was unconstitutional, that doesn’t nullify a SW issued for it

Defendant was indicted for a revenge porn threat. A search warrant was obtained for his phone to prove he had the picture in the threat. He argued the search warrant was void because the revenge porn statute was unconstitutional. Whether it is or not, the search was valid under good faith exception. Taylor v. State, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 1020 (Tex. App. – Austin Feb. 10, 2021).

A prison strip search case stated enough of a fact dispute to overcome summary judgment on qualified immunity for alleged sexual battery during the search. Johnson v. Heins, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 3559 (9th Cir. Feb. 9, 2021).*

There was reasonable suspicion for defendant’s traffic stop for 52 in a 40 despite defendant’s claim that pacing is unreliable. [Is it really? It’s still reasonable suspicion; that’s a fact argument for trial.] United States v. Marsh, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24187 (N.D. W.Va. Feb. 9, 2021).*

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