Sexting
The News and Observer has had several interesting criminal justice articles over the past few days — including one about the great potted plant caper, available here:...
View ArticleKeep Your Eyes on the Road, Your Hands Upon the Wheel
I blogged here about a new law, that prohibits texting while driving effective December 1, 2009. Texting while driving is an infraction, a non-criminal violation of the law, punishable by a $100 fine...
View ArticleState v. Wilkerson and the Authentication of Electronic Evidence
I recently heard a police detective say that the internet was the worst thing that ever happened to law enforcement. He explained that before advent of the internet, criminals had to leave their homes...
View ArticleDiscovery of Officers’ Text Messages
More than a trillion text messages are sent each year in the United States alone. Some of these messages are work-related communications from law enforcement officers to fellow officers, witnesses,...
View ArticleBusiness Records: Posts, Chats, and Texts
Several prior posts on this blog have addressed authenticating and admitting digital evidence like social media posts and text messages (see here, here, here, and here) and we’ve also previously...
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