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Child Pornography, Miranda and the Clock Settings
This post examines an opinion from the Appellate Court of Connecticut: State v. Spence, 2016 WL 1567017 (2016). The opinion begins by explaining that the facts,which the jury reasonably could have...
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The Boyfriend, the Text Message and Driving While Impaired
This post examines an opinion from the Court of Appeals of Minnesota: Tomlinson v. Commissioner of Public Safety, 2016 WL 2842941 (2016). The court begins, as courts usually do, by explaining how the...
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Attempts to Solicit Boys for Sex, Child Pornography and Probable Cause
This post examines an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces: U.S. v. Hoffman, 75 M.J. 120 (2016). As courts usually do, this court began the opinion by explaining how, and why,...
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The Hospital, the Hackers and Personal Identifying Information
This post examines an opinion from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland: Khan v. Children’s National Health System, 2016 WL 2946165 (2016). The judge begins the opinion by explaining...
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Enticing a Minor to Engage in Sex, Entrapment and Predisposition
This post examines an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit: U.S. v. Rutgerson, 2016 WL 2754457 (2016). The opinion explains that on April 24, 2014,a grand jury sitting in the...
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The Doctor, the Lawsuit and “Exceeding Authorized Access”
This post examines an opinion the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued in a civil case: Padmanabhan v. Healey, 2016 WL 409673 (2016). The District Court Judge begins by noting...
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The Fourth Amendment, the Wireless Carriers and the Cell Tower Location Data
This post examines an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: U.S. v. Carpenter, 2016 WL 1445183 (2016). The court begins by explaining that inFourth Amendment cases the Supreme...
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Littering, the Borrowed Laptop and Due Process
This post examines an opinion from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania: Commonwealth v. MacArthur, 2016 WL 1250214 (2016). As courts usually do, this one began the opinion by explaining what the case...
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Grand Theft, Petit Theft and the Dell Laptop
This post deals with an opinion from the District Court of Appeal of Florida – Fourth District: Walker v. State, 2016 WL 2745011 (2016). The court begins by explaining that “[t]he issue in this appeal...
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The Lawyer, Sexually Oriented Texts and Misconduct
This post examines an opinion from the Ohio Supreme Court: Disciplinary Counsel v. Bartels, 2016 WL 3344953 (2016). The title of the case differs from the usual “Brown v. Smith” (civil case) or...
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The Boston University Library, Trespass and the MacBook
This post examines an opinion from the Appeals Court of Massachusetts: Commonwealth v. Bermudez, 2016 WL 1618213 (2016). The court begins the opinion by explaining thatThe defendant, Jonathan...
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Cyberbullying, Sexual Information Pertaining to a Minor and the First Amendment
This post examines an opinion from the Supreme Court of North Carolina: State of North Carolina v. Bishop, 2016 WL 3221098 (2016). As the opinion explains, on 9 February 2012, defendant Robert Bishop...
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The Bank Director, the Vice-President and the Disbursement of Bank Funds
This post examines an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit: U.S. v. Bernick, 2016 WL 3141389 (2016). The court begins the opinion by explaining thatMichael Bernick was convicted...
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The Police Officer, the Law Enforcement Information Network and "Personal...
This post examines an opinion from the Court of Appeals of Michigan: People v. Calabrese, 2016 WL 1680996 (2016). The court begins the opinion by explaining that Calabrese is appealingby delayed...
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The Defendant, the DNA Profile and the Electronic Raw Data
This post examines an opinion from the Supreme Court –Queens County, New York: People v. Gills, 2016 WL 3450814 (2016). The opinion begins by explaining that[t]he defendant is charged by indictment...
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The “Youthful Offender,” Involuntary Manslaughter and the Text Messages
This post examines an opinion from the Massachusetts SupremeJ udicial Court – Suffolk: Commonwealth v. Carter, 2016 WL 3554885 (2016). The court begins the opinion by explaining that[o]n February 6,...
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The Divorce, Extortion and Using a Computer to Commit a Crime
This post examines an opinion from the Court of Appeals of Michigan: People v. Sedenquist, 2016 WL 3364992 (2016). The court begins by explaining that [a] jury convicted defendant of one count of...
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The Cell Phone, "Jacking Off" and Suicide
This post examines an opinion from the California Court of Appeal – Fourth District: In re M.H., 2016 WL3541185 (2016). As courts usually do, the opinion begins by explaining how, and why, the case...
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Video Voyeurism, the Cell Phone and "Plain View"
This post examines a recent opinion from the Appellate Court of Connecticut: State v. Panek, 2016 WL 3523484 (2016). The court begins the opinion by explaining that[t]his case concerns the ultimate...
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The Starbucks, the Laptop and Grand Theft
This post examines a recent opinion from the California Court of Appeals – Fourth District: People v. Anderson, 2016 WL 3574957 (2016). The court begins the opinion by explaining that, on three...
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