Daily Archives: June 9, 2024

NYT: Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored?

NY Times: Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? by Kashmir Hill (“The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360.”) Almost a cloud based black box for your car.

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CA9: “[T]he Fourth Amendment does not require a warrant to arrest a parole violator.”

“[T]he Fourth Amendment does not require a warrant to arrest a parole violator.” United States v. Carpenter, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 13596 (9th Cir. June 5, 2024). The CI for the warrant is not disclosable under Roviaro. United States v. … Continue reading

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CA9: Passenger parolee’s area of car was subject to search under his waiver

Defendant parolee was a passenger in a car, and the area of the car he was sitting in was subject to search. United States v. Pullen, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 13604 (9th Cir. June 5, 2024). “The blood draw was … Continue reading

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