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Child pornography, 2nd warrantless search

July 13, 2019 By lilly

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: 2nd warrantless search of probationer’s home reasonable… Watters affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Merchant, Leif Johnson, Michael Kakuk, Zeno Baucus

Drugs, search of probationer’s home

March 16, 2019 By lilly

DRUGS: 4th Amendment not violated by search of probationer’s home where meth Defendant was staying… Watters affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Merchant, Leif Johnson, Thomas Godfrey, Tim Tatarka

Revocation, respond in person before Judge

October 13, 2018 By lilly

REVOCATION: Defendant improperly sentenced based on PO’s confidential recommendation of 20 months as opposed to Magistrate’s recommended 5 months and without opportunity to respond in person before Judge . . . Lovell reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Merchant, Joslyn Hunt, Timothy Tatarka

Revocation, sex treatment self-incrimination

January 13, 2018 By lilly

REVOCATION: Right against self-incrimination not violated by use of admissions to sex offender’s therapist to revoke supervised release… Watters affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Merchant, John Sullivan, Joslyn Hunt

Traffic stop, unreasonably prolonged for drugs

February 25, 2017 By lilly

TRAFFIC STOP unreasonably prolonged to initiate drug investigation without independent reasonable suspicion per new USSC ruling… denial of motion to suppress drug evidence reversed… Watters reversed (unpublished). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Brendan McCarthy, David Merchant, Leif Johnson

Sentencing, girlfriend’s meth at jail

May 16, 2015 By lilly

SENTENCING: Girlfriend’s meth at jail properly included in quantity attributable to Defendant… remanded for application of 3rd level reduction amendment… Haddon affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Merchant, Michael Lahr

Search & seizure, robbery investigation

April 11, 2015 By lilly

SEARCH & SEIZURE: Suppression of evidence seized during stop of suspected casino robber properly denied… meth/firearm guilty plea convictions affirmed… Watters affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Brendan McCarthy, David Merchant, Leif Johnson

Suspicionless searches, child pornography

September 20, 2014 By lilly

SUSPICIONLESS SEARCHES properly imposed on child pornography Defendant… Cebull affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Merchant, Jessica Wellman, Leif Johnson, Lori Suek

Sentencing, abusive sex contact

September 4, 2010 By Frank

 

SENTENCING: 121 months for abusive sexual contact substantively reasonable… Cebull affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Merchant, Lori Suek

Sentencing, child pornography

July 24, 2010 By Frank

 

SENTENCING: 240 months for child pornography affirmed… Cebull affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Merchant, Marcia Hurd

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