Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Dreyer, No. 13-30077 (9th Cir.) (804 F.3d 1266) (November 4, 2015) (Judge Morgan Christen) by Here the en banc Court held that, despte extensive participation of the NCIS in a civilian criminal investigation that clearly violated the Posse Comitatus Act, suppression of the evidence was not waranted under …

U.S. v. Renzi, No. CR08-212 TUC DCB BPV (D.Ariz.) (722 F.Supp.2d 1100) (June 4, 2010) (Judge David C. Bury) by Here the Court upheld a sweeping suppression order by a Magistrate Judge barring the Government from using unlawfully intercepted and privileged communications between the defendant and his counsel that went …

U.S. v. Guevara-Martinez, No. 00-3855 (8th Cir.) (262 F.3d 751) (August 20, 2001) (Judge Kermit Edward Bye) by Some years ago, the Supreme Court concluded that “the body or identity of a defendant or respondent in a criminal or civil proceeding is never itself suppressible as a fruit of an …