Jury trials for misdemeanor domestic battery allegations
Back in 2018, Christopher Anderson was charged with the allegation of domestic battery, a misdemeanor in Las Vegas Municipal Court. His attorney demanded a jury trial which the court refused. In Nevada, only charges with carry more than a possible 6 months in jail as punishment are allowed jury trials.
First amendment issues with the Amazon Alexa
How technology influences our lives and infringes on our rights is a question that courts across the county struggle to answer. In Bentonville, Arkansas, the court was asked to decide whether Amazon had to turn over recordings from the Amazon Echo device located in the home of James Bates…
Is your fingerprint the golden ticket for police?
In 2014, a small circuit court judge in Virginia Beach issued a decision which is quickly being adopted by courts across the country. The defendant, Charles Baust, was accused of assaulting and strangling his girlfriend. The girlfriend told police that Baust had a video recorder in the room where the assault took place and that the images were relayed to Baust’s cellphone…