Criminal ProcedureEvidenceFeaturedFirst Amendment
October 20, 2025By Nadia Bernal
The recent public conversation flooding news and social media outlets around singer d4vd, highlights how quickly song lyrics can become entangled with criminal suspicion.[i] David Anthony Burke, professionally known as d4vd, is an American singer and songwriter whose rise to fame was largely shaped by online culture.[ii] He first gained attention by creating Fortnite gameplay […]
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Criminal ProcedureFeaturedFlorida StatutesFourth Amendment
October 16, 2025By Jennifer Fanea
The Fourth Amendment grants people the right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.”[i] It also states that “no [w]arrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by [o]ath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”[ii] […]
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Criminal LawCriminal ProcedureFeaturedFourth Amendment
October 3, 2024By Kevin Nakfour
The nation was stunned when videos surfaced on social media depicting Tyreek Hill, the star wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins—in handcuffs—outside the Hard Rock Stadium just hours before the Dolphins’ opening game on September 8, 2024. A routine traffic stop escalated into a tense confrontation.[i] When the Miami Police Department decided to release the […]
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Criminal LawCriminal ProcedureFeaturedSupreme Court
April 8, 2024By Dean Raynor
Courts across the country are patiently waiting for the Supreme Court to render a decision regarding an issue involving the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants “shall enjoy the right to . . . be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses […]
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