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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...