Feb 7, 2014 | Archives, Online Edition
In United States v. Wurie,[ref]728 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2013), cert. granted, 2013 WL 4402108 (U.S. Jan. 17, 2014) (No. 13-212).[/ref] a police officer, while performing routine surveillance, observed what he believed was an illegal drug transaction between Fred Wade and...
Dec 6, 2013 | Online Edition
In Bland v. Roberts,[ref]730 F.3d 368 (4th Cir. 2013).[/ref] the Fourth Circuit held that “liking” a politician’s campaign Facebook page constituted protected speech under the First Amendment.[ref]See id. at 385-86.[/ref] In doing so, the court resolved an issue of...
Dec 3, 2013 | Online Edition
On the morning of Sunday, April 15, 2007, a Boston police officer was patrolling the streets of Dorchester when he spotted Kempess Sylvain apparently engaged in a sexual act with a prostitute.[ref]Commonwealth v. Sylvain, 995 N.E.2d 760, 763 (Mass. 2013).[/ref] As the...
Apr 22, 2013 | Online Edition
Described by Justice Alito as “perhaps the most important criminal procedure case that this Court has heard in decades,” the Supreme Court’s decision in Maryland v. King will have far-reaching Fourth Amendment implications.[ref]Transcript of Oral Argument at...
Feb 25, 2013 | Online Edition
On Friday, April 6, 2007, Howard Cotterman and his wife, Maureen, drove across the border from Mexico, seeking reentry to the United States at the Lukeville, Arizona Port of Entry (POE).[ref]United States v. Cotterman, 637 F.3d 1068, 1070-71 (9th Cir. 2011), reh’g...