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Today the Supreme Court handed down a much awaited ruling regarding the use of GPS tracking devices attached to automobiles. The ruling may disappoint some, who don’t hold civil liberties in high regards, but is cause for celebration for others. The High Court voted unanimously that cops do need a warrant when tracking a vehicle [...]
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Can the police attach a GPS tracking device to your car without your knowledge and without a warrant? A U.S. Court of Appeals said no and overturned a conviction on that ruling. But many others, including federal prosecutors and the Obama Administration, say yes. The Supreme Court will have the final say in their upcoming [...]
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A Massachusetts state legislator has introduced a bill to make it more difficult for accused drug offenders to game the court system as a result of current evidence requirements.
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Only a year after the Supreme Court’s controversial Melendez-Diaz decision, court watchers are awaiting possible revisions to that decision.
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This fall’s Boston Bar Journal has an excellent overview of the Melendez-Diaz decision it’s legal origins, and practical implications going forward. The author discusses prior cases such as Crawford v. Washington, and more recent cases (Tabaka v. District of Colombia and Grant v. Commonwealth of Virginia) that expand the scope of the Melendez-Diaz decision. Also [...]
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A couple of interesting cases concerning the US Constitution’s 6th Amendment confrontation clause are discussed in this fascinating article in the Nashua Telegraph. The issues revolve around police officer’s who are currently engaged in potentially dangerous undercover assignments testifying in court as witnesses for the prosecution. In several cases noted, judges allowed the officers’ identities [...]
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