By Hayes Hunt and Michael Zabel Let’s say one day you observe your local police officer walk a drug-sniffing police dog up to the front door of your neighbor’s house. The dog sniffs around outside, then gives a positive signal…
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Is a Curious Police Dog on Your Porch a Search under the 4th Amendment? – SCOTUS Answers in Florida v. Jardines
Tagged with: 4th Amendment, curtilage, Florida v. Jardines, SCOTUS, Search Warrant
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Recusal – Judge Impartiality and Disqualification
By Hayes Hunt Recently, the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York refused to recuse herself from a case simply because her husband and his clients may have been the victim of…
Tagged with: Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal, Disqualification, Federal judges, Recusal, SCOTUS
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
The Supreme Court’s Confrontation with Forensic Evidence: Williams v. Illinois
by: Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner On June 18, 2012, the Supreme Court came down with a fractured 5-4 decision disrupting long-standing 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause precedent as it applies to forensic evidence. Williams v. Illinois, No. 10-8505 (June 18,…
Tagged with: 6th Amendment, Confrontation Clause, Cross Examination, DNA testing, Evidence, Expert Testimony, SCOTUS
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
