Daily Archives: January 6, 2025

S.D.Ga.: USMJ recommends suppression of search after dog alert because dog prompted and window entered

USMJ recommends motion to suppress car search based on a dog alert should be granted because the handler prompted the dog and both the handler and dog entered the window and then the car before the dog alert. As to … Continue reading

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S.D.N.Y.: Home confinement for pretrial release is not a 4A seizure

“In sum, defendant is not entitled to credit against his sentence for time spent under home confinement as a condition of his bail release. Further, defendant’s time spent on home confinement did not constitute a seizure of his person under … Continue reading

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W.D.Va.: No REP prison visit with nonlawyer wouldn’t be videorecorded on bodycam

Plaintiff had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his prison visit with his brother being recorded on body camera of a nearby correctional officer. Saunders v. Vilbrandt, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 989 (W.D. Va. Jan. 2, 2025).* “To the extent … Continue reading

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LA Times: Is your car spying on you? What it means that Tesla shared data in the Las Vegas explosion

LA Times: Is your car spying on you? What it means that Tesla shared data in the Las Vegas explosion by Bernard Condon (“Your car is spying on you. [¶] That is one takeaway from the fast, detailed data that … Continue reading

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