Kentucky

WY: Arrest for violation of an order of protection permitted a search incident
Arrest for violation of an order of protection permitted a search incident, despite a dearth of findings from the district court. Sam v. State, 2008 WY 25, 2008 Wyo. LEXIS 26 (March 6, 2008) (3-2): [*P13] Because it is dispositive of this appeal, we will limit our consideration only to that exception which sanctions a search of the automobile for evidence which might relate to the crime for which Sam was arrested...

Cert. granted in Arizona v. Gant, a search incident case
SCOTUS granted cert today in Arizona v. Gant, 07-542, a search incident case where the Arizona Supreme Court held that Gant was not a "recent occupant" when he was locked up and in a police car at the time of the search incident...

No arrest, so no search incident [NOT FINAL]
Jessica Glendening of the Johnson County Public Defender Office won in State v. Murphy, No. 99,058 (Kan. App. March 21, 2008)(unpublished), affirming Judge Anderson's suppression order in a Johnson County drug prosecution...

New article: "The iPhone Meets the Fourth Amendment"; or, search incident of cellphones run amok
We already see search incident of the contents of cellphones, something that I disagree with, because, once the cellphone is out of the hands of the defendant, there is little that can be done to alter its stored electronic information...

Search incident of only cellphone's address book and call history was valid
Search incident of only cellphone's address book and call history was valid. United States v. Valdez, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9995 (E.D. Wis. February 8, 2008): In United States v. Rodriguez, 995 F...

WA: Search incident of defendant's purse was justified by her arrest for refusal to get out of truck
Defendant's refusal to get out of truck during traffic stop justified arrest for obstruction and a search incident of her purse, even though, if she exited voluntarily, the officer could not have searched it...

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Samsung
Recalls Jitterbug Cell Phones

Wal-Mart
Avoids Criminal Charges over Clerk's Death

Treo Smartphones
Palm Inc. agrees to class action cash rebates for defective phones.

Drug Pusher
Biovail agrees to pay $24.6 million settlement in criminal lawsuit.

Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000
Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000