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Foster v. Chatman, SCOTUS No. 14–8349. Argued November 2, 2015—Decided May 23, 2016. Episode 189 (Duration 7:29)
Prosecutors Wrote B’s Next To All The Potential Jurors Who Were African American. Prosecution makes it pretty clear that they struck black jurors because of their race. [Read more…]
Birchfield v. North Dakota, SCOTUS No. 14–1468. Argued April 20, 2016—Decided June 23, 2016. Episode 186 (Duration 8:34).
May the State criminalize the failure to comply with implied consent laws? Implied Consent Still Alive and Well, Forced Blood Draws Still Require a Warrant. [Read more…]
Mitchell v. Wisconsin, SCOTUS No. 18–6210, Decided June 27, 2019. Episode 647 (Duration 22:02) (Categorical Rule Allows Warrantless Blood Draws From Unconscious Drivers)
Unconscious drivers plus natural BAC dissipation create an exigent circumstance for a blood draw. [Read more…]
Timbs v. Indiana, 2019 SCOTUS (February). Episode 594 (Duration 24:32)
[Read more…]Episode 501 (Duration 40:36) 3 criminal law cases from the Supreme Court of the United States were released in the second quarter of 2018. Here they are…
Collins v. Virginia, 584 U.S. ___, 138 S. Ct. 1663 (2018). Episode 495 (Duration 11:20)
Police need a warrant to search a vehicle on private property. [Read more…]
Packingham v. North Carolina, 15-1194 (June 2017). Episode 386 (Duration 10:04)
Can’t have a sweeping law keeping sex offenders off of Facebook and other social media. [Read more…]
