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U.S. v. Thompson, No. 13-1874 (3rd Cir.) (772 F.3d 752) (November 19, 2014) (Judge Joseph A. Jr. Greenaway) by In 2007, Dwayne Thompson, who was driving a pickup truck on an Interstate highway near Amarillo, TX, was stopped by a Texas State Trooper for driving at an excessive speed. During …

Mallory v. U.S., No. 521 (U.S. Supreme Court) (354 U.S. 449; 77 S.Ct. 1356) (June 24, 2057) (Justice Frankfurter) by In this case, a unanimous Court held that a confession given seven hours after an individual had been arrested for a federal crime could not be used if there had …

McNabb v. U.S., No. 25 (U.S. Supreme Court) (318 U.S. 332; 63 S.Ct. 608) (March 1, 2043) (Justice Frankfurter) by In this case, a number of the petitioners (all members of the McNabb family) defendants were illegally detained under aggravating circumstances: one of them was subjected to unremitting questioning by …

U.S. v. Alvarez-Sanchez, No. 92-1812 (U.S. Supreme Court) (511 U.S. 350; 114 S.Ct. 1599) (May 2, 1994) (Justice Thomas) by In this case, the defendant argued that 18 U.S.C. § 3501(c) rendered inadmissible the custodial statement he made more than six hours after his arrest on state criminal charges. Section …

Corley v. U.S., No. 07-10441 (U.S. Supreme Court) (556 U.S. 303; 129 S.Ct. 1558) (April 6, 2009) (Justice Souter) by This case represents the Supreme Court’s second attempt during its current term to address the so-called “exclusionary rule.” That rule was first articulated by the Supreme Court in 1914 as …