In today's world of social media, many law enforcement officials in New York are looking at defendants' cellphones for evidence. In fact, tech companies store so much information on cloud servers that some officials don't need a physical cellphone to find the evidence...
Search And Seizure
Do police have a right to search your car?
Whether commuting to work, driving home from a restaurant or taking your kids to school, you do not want to see flashing lights in your rearview mirror. Still, police pull over many motorists in Onondaga County virtually every day. For most drivers, the incident is a...
Understanding illegal search and seizure
United States citizens receive protection from illegal searches and seizures from the Fourth Amendment in the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment states police cannot search a person's home, assets or vehicle without having a warrant or probable cause.Despite this...
A Q&A: Know your rights if you get pulled over by the police
Everyone knows that sinking feeling when they see flashing red lights in the rearview mirror. Even if it is a simple traffic violation it is intimidating to get pulled over by a police officer. In light of recent news stories of routine traffic stops getting out of...
Protecting email privacy: a Q & A on a proposed change in federal law
We are in the midst of a technological revolution producing relentless and far-reaching change. A time-traveler from a few decades would have much to marvel at. Indeed, as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court has noted, a visitor from Mars could easily infer...