Criminal Procedure Procedural History: Found guilty at trial court. Appealed. Reversed. Appealed. Reversed. No violation of the Fourth Amendment. Facts: White was charged with various illegal drug transactions. On four different occasions, conversations in White’s home were overheard by a federal informant hiding in a closet and then also heard without the consent of White [...]
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Smith v. Maryland – Case Brief
Posted by LawRiotAdmin on August 13th, 2010
Criminal Procedure Procedural History: Trial court denies suppression motion. Affirmed. Facts: McDonough was robbed on March 5. Victim gave police a description of the robber and the vehicle. Victim then began receiving threatening phone calls from the robber. At one point, the robber had victim step outside and saw the same car she had seen [...]
Katz v. United States – Case Brief
Posted by LawRiotAdmin on August 13th, 2010
Criminal Procedure Procedural History: • Convicted of transmitting wagering information. • Reversed. Facts: • Police placed a listening device outside of a public telephone booth. • Katz was being suspected of transmitting gambling information from that public telephone booth. • Using the information obtained from the listening device on the public telephone booth, Katz was [...]

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