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Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog
Massachusetts High Court Rules Seizure of Gun Improper in Multi-Family Search Warrant Case
By Lefteris K. Travayiakis Esq.
In the execution of a search warrant by Boston Police of a multi-family home, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a superior court ruling that the seizure of a shotgun…
PrawfsBlawg
Author’s Corner
Main Wednesday, May 10, 2017Author’s CornerIn my last post, I tried to engage the age-old debate about the professional merits of publishing law review articles over books, and now I…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Validity of the Search of an Arrestee’s Purse. State of Ohio v. Jamie Banks-Harvey.
Update: On January 16, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. “Our concern isn’t the overriding purpose of the…
Law and the Workplace
Immigration Fact and Fiction for the U.S. Employer: More on CBP Searching Electronic Devices – What is Left of the Fourth Amendment?
As mentioned in a prior blog post, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can conduct searches of individuals departing the United States, a fact that many are not aware…
McNees Public Sector
Supreme Court Reins in the Seventh Circuit and Reaffirms Fourth Amendment Protections
In January 2015, the Seventh Circuit, recognizing that it was an outlier among the Circuits in holding that pretrial detainees could not sue under the Fourth Amendment but rather instead…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ruling 6-2, SCOTUS holds inManuelthat Fourth Amendment claim can be brought contesting pretrial confinement
Main March 21, 2017Ruling 6-2, SCOTUS holds in Manuel that Fourth Amendment claim can be brought contesting pretrial confinementThe one criminal ruling handed down by the Supreme Court this morning,…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: Constitutionality of Searches by Public School Employees. State of Ohio v. Joshua Polk.
Update: On May 11, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. Read the analysis of the oral argument here.…
Media Law Prof Blog
Berman on The Fourth Amendment and When Queries Are Searches @UHLAW
Emily Berman, University of Houston Law Center, has published When Queries are Searches as University of Houston Law Center No. 2017-W-1. Here is the abstract.Due to limits on the scope…
CrimProf Blog
Henning on Heien
Karen M. Henning (University of Detroit Mercy - School of Law) has posted 'Reasonable' Police Mistakes: The Fourth Amendment and the Good Faith Exception after Heien (90 ST. JOHN’S L. REV. 271 (2016))…
Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog
Cambridge Gun Conviction Reversed For Unlawful Stop by Police
By Lefteris K. Travayiakis Esq.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently reversed the conviction of a man who was found guilty after trial in the Cambridge District Court of gun/firearms charges, including unlawful possession of a…