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Lawyer filing motion for missing bodycam footage

Bodycam Footage Disappeared? Here’s the Motion Your Lawyer Should File.

Criminal Defense & Litigation, Evidence Law & Discovery, Law Enforcement Oversight & Reform, Legal Rights & Civil Liberties, Police Accountability & Misconduct /

Your lawyer should file a motion to preserve and compel production of bodycam footage (and related metadata) and request spoliation sanctions if it was destroyed. Courts can order recovery efforts, adverse-inference instructions, or other remedies when evidence is lost after a duty to preserve. This article explains why footage disappears, what to request, and how […]

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Legal Loophole of Inevitable Discovery

Inevitable Discovery: Exception to Exclusionary Rule

Civil Rights, Compliance Violations, Constitutional Law, Court Orders, Criminal Law, Evidence, Federal Law, Legal Liability, Legal Procedures, Trial Procedures /

The inevitable discovery doctrine stands as a critical exception to the exclusionary rule in United States criminal procedure. This legal principle allows for the admission of evidence obtained through unconstitutional means if the prosecution can demonstrate that the evidence would have been discovered inevitably through lawful methods. The doctrine serves as a counterbalance to the

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Excluding Illegally Obtained Evidence

Exclusionary Rule: Keeping Illegal Evidence Out of Court

Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal Defense Strategies, Criminal Justice System, Criminal Law, Evidence, Federal Law, Legal Commentary, Legal Procedures, Trial Procedures /

The exclusionary rule stands as a cornerstone of American criminal procedure, serving as a powerful deterrent against unconstitutional searches and seizures by law enforcement. This judicial doctrine, which prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in criminal trials, has profoundly shaped the landscape of criminal justice in the United States. The rule’s primary purpose is

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The Confidential Informant – AKA "The Snitch": How Informants Impact Criminal Cases

The Confidential Informant – AKA “The Snitch”

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By Kirk Tarman, Criminal Defense Attorney in San Bernardino County, California. Originally published in 2007 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine A confidential informant is a person used by the police to help them in their investigation – often, somebody who was arrested by those same police and is now helping

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