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Appellate Division, Second Department
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People v. Bryant — Court Reverses Conviction Where Police Lacked Reasonable Suspicion to Pursue Pedestrian

The Appellate Division, Second Department reverses a weapon possession conviction after finding that officers lacked reasonable suspicion to pursue a man who walked between two residential driveways, rendering the subsequent discovery of a discarded firearm the product of an unlawful seizure.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
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State v. Manigo — SC Court of Appeals Dismisses Pretrial Detainee’s Appeal of Order Releasing Jail Phone Calls as Non-Appealable Interlocutory Order

The South Carolina Court of Appeals dismissed a pretrial detainee’s appeal of a circuit court order releasing his jail telephone calls to the media, holding the order was non-appealable as interlocutory, and reaffirming that South Carolina requires evidence of actual juror bias rather than presumed prejudice from pretrial publicity.

Indiana Supreme Court
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Ramos-Osario v. State — State Need Not Re-Prove Constitutional Compliance at Trial After Winning Suppression Hearing

The Indiana Supreme Court held that when the State proves the constitutionality of a search or seizure at a pretrial suppression hearing, it is not required to re-establish constitutional compliance at trial; courts assessing the stop’s validity may consider evidence from both the suppression hearing and the trial, and the exclusionary rule’s aims are fully served by requiring proof once.

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