by Anthony Accurso
The Supreme Court of Montana ruled that the district court abused its discretion and denied defendant a fair trial by allowing expert witness testimony on statistics about false reports of sexual abuse.
Philip Bryson Grimshaw was charged with sexual intercourse without consent, in violation …
by Anthony Accurso
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a law enforcement officer lacked reasonable suspicion of illegality when he initiated a traffic stop of a commercial vehicle based solely on the fact that commercial vehicles need a permit to travel in the …
by Anthony Accurso
The Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, ruled that a defendant’s right to confront his accuser under the Six Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was violated where the superviser of the lab tech who actually performed the drug testing, rather than the tech …
by Anthony Accurso
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a defendant’s conviction for possessing a firearm after determining officers lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and search him.
Raymond L. McKinney was standing with friends on a sidewalk near a gas station in San …
by Anthony Accurso
The Supreme Court of Nevada held that the district court properly suppressed evidence that resulted from an inventory search because police failed to properly inventory the defendant’s bag.
Kimberly Marie Nye was arrested after refusing to leave a casino in Elko County. She was …
by Anthony W. Accurso
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona failed in its gatekeeping function when it allowed an ICE agent to testify on the probability of a Mexican drug cartel using a coerced …
by Anthony Accurso
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that subject matter expertise alone is insufficient to establish the purity of methamphetamines accurately to support a Guidelines enhancement.
Scott Carnell pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of meth …
by Anthony Accurso
The Supreme Court of New Mexico consolidated two cases on appeal to clarify the meaning of the terms “uniformed law enforcement officer” and “appropriately marked law enforcement vehicle” under N.M. Stat. Ann. 1978, § 30-22-1.1(A) (2003).
Roy D. Montano and William Daniel Martinez both …
by Anthony Accurso
Disturbing images were coming out of Portland, Oregon, where protesters were being arrested by camouflaged federal agents in unmarked vans and taken to undisclosed locations for “processing.” Lawmakers rightfully called this behavior reprehensible for its utter lack of transparency and similarity to tactics used by …
by Anthony Accurso
Twitter-oriented startup Dataminr markets itself as offering an AI-enabled tool designed to identify “threats” in real-time by scanning Twitter posts. Reporting by The Intercept shows, however, that humans are scanning Twitter feeds and creating “alerts” based largely on racial stereotypes.
Dataminr’s early backers included …
