Posts Tagged ‘ Criminal Defense ’

NACDL Launches New Database of Rights Restoration

Certified Criminal Law Specialist John L. Fossum

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has published a new database that helps determine what rights have been lost by a felony conviction, and if, and how they maybe restored. The database helps answer the most persistent questions asked by those who have been convicted of crimes.  For example, the entry related to Minnesota…

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Federal Court Finds Pay As You Go Phones Not Entitled to Privacy

Certified Criminal Law Specialist John L. Fossum

The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals this week found in United States v. Skinner that people are not entitled to an expectation of privacy in the GPS data from pay as you go cell phones.   The Defendant, Skinner, objected claiming that he had an expectation of privacy in the phone and the government’s tracking…

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