Last year I wrote an article that fore told of the July 30, 2013 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision ruling constitutional warrantless applications for historical and real time cell phone location data. (http://www.phila-criminal-lawyer.com/Publications/005061214-Hark.pdf). The Fifth Circuit ruling, In re Application for Historical Cell Phone Data, 11-20884, is predicated upon the 2010 amendments to the…

In our digital age, new criminal fact patterns arise every day. Our nation’s federal and state appellate courts confront daily the realities of modern day smart phone technology in the context of warrantless searches and seizures of personal information. The case of US v. Wurie, recently decided by the First Circuit Court of Appeals (which…

So far this summer, Pennsylvania’s Superior Court issued two very significant DUI decisions. The first ruling was handed down the case of Commonwealth v. Musau. The second decision was presented in Commonwealth v. Barker.In Musau the trial court found Musau guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 75 Pa. C.S.A. §3802(a)…