Commonwealth v. McCarthy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds that Use of Automated License Plate Readers May Constitute a Search.
Vol. 134 No. 8
Criminal Law
Privacy as Privilege: The Stored Communications Act and Internet Evidence
Vol. 134 No. 8
This Article exposes a profound and growing injustice that major technology companies have propagated through every level of the judiciary under the guise of...
Constitutional Waivers by States and Criminal Defendants
Vol. 134 No. 7
Where there is a right, there is (usually) a way to waive it. Where there is a waiver, the question of its validity arises....
State v. Andrews
Supreme Court of New Jersey Holds that Compelled Disclosure of Defendant’s iPhone Passcodes Does Not Violate the Self-Incrimination Clause.
Vol. 134 No. 6
Palliative Animal Law: The War on Animal Cruelty
Vol. 134 No. 5
In 2019 President Donald Trump signed into law the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act. Although every state already permitted felony animal cruelty...
Desmond’s Law: Early Impressions of Connecticut’s Court Advocate Program for Animal Cruelty Cases
Vol. 134 No. 5
In March 2012, police found the body of a dog in a trash bag in the woods of Madison, Connecticut. The dog was Desmond....
United States v. Rosemond
Second Circuit Holds that Counsel Admitting to Element of Crime over Defendant’s Protests Does Not Violate Defendant’s Autonomy.
Vol. 134 No. 5
Kangaroo Courts
Response to Criminal Municipal Courts
Vol. 134 No. 4
Kangaroo courts are seemingly everywhere and nowhere. Legal actors often use this term to describe substandard and defective tribunals across various areas of American...
Abolish Municipal Courts: A Response To Professor Natapoff
Response to Criminal Municipal Courts
Vol. 134 No. 4
“What are you still doing here? Are you telling me nobody loves you enough to come up with two hundred dollars?” These were the...
Recent Case: State v. Gokal
At the start of 2021, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Houston, Texas was met with such high demand that the City’s vaccination call center...