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Before a criminal law is made or modified, it goes through a long and supposedly arduous process in the Maine State Legislature that is meant to ensure that the end result is the best and most precise law that can possibly be made. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.

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As our recent blog posts have made clear, the protections that the Fourth Amendment offers to American citizens has serious gaps in it, and perhaps the widest among these gaps is the third party doctrine. By allowing the government to obtain information or other physical materials that you have voluntarily

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One of the biggest ways that law enforcement can get around your Fourth Amendment rights is by gathering evidence without conducting a “search.” If it’s not objectively reasonable for you to assume that something will be kept private, then the police can get it and use it as evidence without

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One of the most important Amendments to the United States Constitution, especially when it comes to your rights as a U.S. citizen in the eyes of law enforcement, is the Fourth Amendment. This Amendment prohibits the government – both the federal and the state – from conducting searches that are

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The Fourth Amendment prohibits searches and seizures that are unreasonable. While a lot of work as a criminal defense attorney revolves around what it means for a search or seizure to be “unreasonable,” there’s another question that comes up less often, but is just as important: What is a “search”?

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