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Washington State Supreme Court O?Neill v. City of Shoreline: The Court ruled that metadata associated with public records is itself a public record and is subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/823979.opn.pdf In his dissent, Justice Alexander argued that the end result in this case, that the City of Shoreline be ordered to examine the hard drive of its deputy mayor?s home computer, was improper. The dissent argued that what is contained on the hard drive of a public employee?s personal home computer, whether it is deemed metadata or something else, cannot be a public record, and should not be subject to search. http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/823979.no1.pdf State v. Garcia-Salgado: The Court ruled that a cheek swab for DNA evidence is a search that intrudes into the body, and must be made pursuant to an order entered under CrR 4...continue to full post

Full post as published by Washington State Criminal Defense on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).