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Delaware Law Weekly

Prison Phone Recordings May Be Used to Prevent Crime

Law enforcement officials may subpoena prison phone recordings if the calls can aid in investigating or preventing a crime, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Probes Limits of Law Requiring Satellite Monitoring of Sex Offenders

The New Jersey Supreme Court is deciding whether a state statute requiring GPS monitoring of sex offenders released from jail can be applied retroactively.
4 minute read

Law.com

N.J. Measure Would Limit Use Of Drones by Law Enforcement

The government's ability to use drones for law enforcement would be curtailed under a bill passed by the New Jersey Assembly.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Replacing Sick Juror in Close Case Challenged as Denial of Fair Trial

The New Jersey Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that tests whether a defendant, convicted after a fresh juror was substituted for an allegedly sick one on a stymied panel, was denied a fair trial.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Stewart, PICS Case No. 13-3304 (Pa. Super. Dec. 10, 2013) Bowes, J. (27 pages).

By | January 07, 2014
PCRA • Ineffective Assistance • Alibi Witness • Reasonable Probability • Effected Outcome
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Broadway, PICS Case No. 13-3308 (C.P. Cumberland Oct. 16, 2013) Peck, J. (12 pages).

By | January 07, 2014
Search & Seizure • Reasonable Suspicion • Criminal Activity • Scope of Pat-Down Search
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Shields, PICS Case No. 13-3312 (C.P. Lycoming Dec. 3, 2013) Lovecchio, J. (7 pages).

By | January 07, 2014
Warrantless Entry • Search & Seizure • Third Party • Wanted Fugitive • Warrant • Exigent Circumstances
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Eyewitnesses Recant Murder Case Testimony

Attorneys for a Harlem man convicted of a fatal 1994 shooting in Far Rockaway, Queens are seeking to vacate his conviction and obtain a new trial, claiming they have new evidence showing police and prosecutors coerced eyewitnesses into implicating their client.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In the Matter of R.G., PICS Case No. 13-3325 (C.P. Cumberland Nov. 26, 2013) Hess, J. (9 pages).

By | January 07, 2014
Juvenile Offender • Search & Seizure • Mere Encounter • Reasonable Suspicion • Consent • Conversational Tone
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Alvarez, PICS Case No. 13-3328 (C.P. Berks Dec. 4, 2013) Boccabella, J. (6 pages).

By | January 07, 2014
DUI • Vehicle Stop • Use of High Beams • Reasonable Suspicion • Suppression • Habeas Corpus
3 minute read

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