TJ McIntyre blogs: The High Court (Irvine J.) today gave an interlocutory judgment in the important case of convicted rapist Michael Murray who is seeking to restrain newspapers from publishing his photograph or details of his whereabouts. The case follows extensive publicity given to him post-release (e.g.) which he claims is threatening his safety and…
Category: Court
What’s Intrusive?
Canadian lawyer David T. Fraser has an interesting column on Slaw: I was reading an interesting article in the Lawyer’s Weekly today on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Morelli, [2010] SCC 8. In his article, “Reforming Search & Seizure” (sadly, not available online), Professor Benjamin Goold makes the following comment…
Defendant has burden of showing drug dog is not qualified [Wrong!]
John Wesley Hall, Jr. writes: The CI was corroborated in significant part, and the CI had a good track record, so the stop was justified by that and the fact the registration expired. A drug dog was used on the vehicle, and the defendant has the burden of showing the drug dog was unqualified. United…
Nonresidents can be sued over Florida Internet posts
The Associated Press reports: Nonresidents can be sued for defamation under Florida law over their Internet postings if that information is accessible and accessed in Florida, the state Supreme Court ruled today.That applies even to bloggers such as Tabatha Marshall, who lives in Washington State and has no ties to Florida other than taking a…