Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Congrats to the Srebnick brothers for their SCOTUS win

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The case is Luis v. United States , issued today.  Here's the intro by Justice Breyer: A federal statute provides that a court may fre...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

United States v. Dracula

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For real, this guy's nickname is Dracula because "he sometimes dressed up as a vampire, complete with yellow contact lenses and go...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Get ready for traffic and t-storms...

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...spring break is over. Bummer. Any trials starting up in Federal Court this week? In the meantime, here you go... The NY Times h...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Will 4th Circuit split with 11th on cell site tracking?

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The entire 4th Circuit considered whether the police need a warrant before getting your location data when your cell phone connects to cell ...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Can you get a fair trial in an identity theft case if one of the jurors is paranoid and thinks you are "al Qaeda" and needs to be in the "jury protection program"?

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According to the 11th Circuit , the answer is yes: The district court did not clearly err in finding that Juror ...
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Never give up!

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I keep watching the last minute of this Texas A&M game .  Down double digits with under a minute to go... And they pull it off.  It'...
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Go Dore Go!

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Dore Louis, along with his trusty trial partner Ricardo Martinez-Cid, scored a JOA yesterday before Judge Graham in a CJA "mere presenc...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

President Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court

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The irony is that he is more conservative than Justice Scalia on criminal justice issues.  Even the President is promoting his law and order...
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