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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Constitutional LawFeaturedSixth Amendment
April 1, 2025By Kevin Nakfour
The United States criminal justice system relies upon a procedure called voir dire. The term is French for “to speak the truth,” and it refers to the process by which potential jurors in a criminal trial are questioned by attorneys and judges to determine their qualifications and biases. It’s a cornerstone of the criminal […]
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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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