{"id":19692,"date":"2015-11-28T00:44:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T05:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=19692"},"modified":"2015-11-26T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T15:45:10","slug":"pa-the-best-evidence-rule-does-not-apply-to-establishing-probable-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=19692","title":{"rendered":"PA: The best evidence rule does not apply to establishing probable cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In establishing probable cause, the best evidence rule under Rule 1002 &#038; 1004(a) did not apply to a still photograph of a truck that was taken from a security videotape that was erased and then taped over by a camera security system, as per the security company&#8217;s routine practice, before the police requested a copy. In addition, an employee of the security company was able to authenticate the photograph pursuant to Rule 901(b)(1) at the suppression hearing. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacourts.us\/assets\/opinions\/Superior\/out\/J-A34007-14o%20-%201024461385731868.pdf?cb=1\">Commonwealth v. Loughnane<\/a>, 2015 Pa. Super. LEXIS 766 (Nov. 23, 2015).<\/p>\n<p>Defendant\u2019s Franks challenge is summarized in detail and it\u2019s lacking. \u201c[D]efendant&#8217;s challenges to the affidavits do not sufficiently attack the core allegations that established the probable cause findings made below: that defendant was under investigation for possessing firearms, drugs and other prohibited devices.\u201d United States v. Hagler, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157805 (E.D.Mo. Sept. 22, 2015).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In establishing probable cause, the best evidence rule under Rule 1002 &#038; 1004(a) did not apply to a still photograph of a truck that was taken from a security videotape that was erased and then taped over by a camera &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=19692\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franks-doctrine","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19693,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19692\/revisions\/19693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}