In Kobielusz v. Wyoming, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that Wyoming’s voyeurism statute does not require proof of “looking,” and that the defendant’s wife had authority to consent to the search…
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In Trappman v. State, the Supreme Court of Florida ruled that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. and Florida Constitutions does not apply when the defendant is convicted and punished for two…
In Dickey v. State, the Supreme Court of Nevada ruled that the State properly used prior bad act evidence to prove intent, but erred in introducing the same evidence to…
The “mass incarceration” myth is pervasive — primarily among laypersons and so-called criminal justice activists. We hear about it, ad nauseam, and believe it without question. The mass incarceration narrative…
In State v. James, the Supreme Court of Hawaii ruled that the victim was acting as a government agent when she texted the defendant and elicited incriminating responses, but was…
In Commonwealth v. Dobson, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a police officer’s pat-down frisk of a passenger in a vehicle was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment because there was no reasonable…
In United States v. Everett, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a protective sweep conducted by police did not violate the Fourth Amendment. The…
El Salvador opened the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in January 2023, spear-headed by its president, Nayib Bukele, in an effort to end years of rampant gang crime in the small Central American nation. A…
The American Bar Association (ABA) released a report last August on plea bargaining in the United States and recommending a path forward for reform. The report introduces “14 Principles” that…
In People v. Messano, a divided New York Court of Appeals ruled that police did not have reasonable suspicion to detain the defendant, and that the subsequent seizure of a…