Daily Archives: April 2, 2022

WaPo: Cryptocurrency could help governments and businesses spy on us

WaPo: Cryptocurrency could help governments and businesses spy on us by Eswar Prasad (“The popularity of digital currencies like bitcoin could erode the last vestiges of financial privacy online”)

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CA7: Def’s detention during protective sweep looking for another was unreasonable

Defendant’s detention in an apartment building during a protective sweep for a fugitive that clearly wasn’t him was unreasonable. The district court’s denial of the motion to suppress is reversed. United States v. Segoviano, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 8771 (7th … Continue reading

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MA: Cell “tower dumps” require SW on PC

Cell “tower dump” of all numbers connected to it requires a search warrant issued on probable cause. Here it was lacking. Commonwealth v. Perry, 2022 Mass. LEXIS 151 (Apr. 1, 2022):

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MO: Def’s actions when coming upon a ruse checkpoint on I-44 was RS

“[T]he procedures of the ruse drug checkpoint, coupled with Defendant’s conduct of abruptly changing lanes and taking Exit 33 at the last second, meets the standard for individualized suspicion required by Edmond and Mack.” State v. Barnum, 2022 Mo. App. … Continue reading

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