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Federal Courts Parolees Have a Diminished Expectation of Privacy, 10th Reminds

Parolees Have a Diminished Expectation of Privacy, 10th Reminds

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on

All parolees have a diminished expectation of privacy, the Tenth Circuit reminds us, in a case that denied the defendant's motion to suppress a search. Several...

Federal Courts Utah Sexual Solicitation Statutes Survive 1st Amend. Challenge

Utah Sexual Solicitation Statutes Survive 1st Amend. Challenge

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on

Earlier this week the Tenth Circuit reviewed two sections of the amended Utah Sexual Solicitation Statute for First Amendment facial challenges by several...

Federal Courts Molestation or Not, Ineffective Counsel Also Inappropriate: Court

Molestation or Not, Ineffective Counsel Also Inappropriate: Court

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on

When defendant David Glen Heard pleaded guilty in district court to two counts of violating Oklahoma's lewd molestation statute, he didn't realize that there...

Federal Courts Lavish Judge Retreats and EPA Haze Rehearing Petition

Lavish Judge Retreats and EPA Haze Rehearing Petition

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on

The Tenth Circuit didn't have any cases making jurisprudential history this week, though it has managed to stay in the news. One item can have serious...

Federal Courts District Court Permanently Enjoins Sharia Law Ban Amendment

District Court Permanently Enjoins Sharia Law Ban Amendment

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on

Under the invisible threat of Sharia law taking over their courts, Oklahoma enacted a constitutional amendment that would prohibit Sharia law from being...

Federal Courts 10th Cir: Possess Child Porn, Cross the Dist. Ct., Go To Prison

10th Cir: Possess Child Porn, Cross the Dist. Ct., Go To Prison

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on

The Tenth Circuit handed down a ten-year prison term earlier this month, despite an original sentence of only probation. Defendant David Huffman originally...

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