By Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner According to a recent decision by the Third Circuit, police are required to get a warrant prior to attaching a GPS tracker to a suspect’s vehicle. The Third Circuit’s decision in United States v.…
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3rd Circuit Slams the Car Door on Warrantless GPS Tracking
Tagged with: 4th Amendment, Fourth Amendment, GPS Tracking Devices, Katzin, Probable Cause, Search Warrant, Warrantless Search & Seizure
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Drug-Sniffing Dogs & Probable Cause: Supreme Court Considers When “A Sniff Is Up to Snuff”
By Hayes Hunt and Michael Zabel The alert of a drug-sniffing dog might allow police to search your car or baggage, but just how reliable does that hound have to be? The U.S. Supreme Court provided some guidance but rejected…
Tagged with: Drug-Sniffing Dogs, Florida v. Harris, Probable Cause, Supreme Court
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Facebook “Friends”, 4th Amendment Privacy & Probable Cause
By: Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint A recent court decision has added support to the idea that there is no privacy on the internet. In United States v. Meregildo, defendant Melvin Colon moved to suppress evidence seized from his Facebook…
Tagged with: 4th Amendment, Facebook, Hayes Hunt, Probable Cause, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Search Warrant, Social Media Law
Posted in Social Media & Law
Posted in Social Media & Law
