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Letter from a reader showing why this blog exists

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A letter from a reader, reprinted with permission, but redacted to remove identifiers: I had an appeal in [my state], [citation omitted], concerning whether a seizure or a consensual encounter had occurred, and the law in [my state] on the subject was, well, not good. I found the XXXX decision on your site, and used it to cite several out of state decisions in support. Surprisingly, we won, and the court even cited all of the out of state decisions. I may not have seen the decision without your blog, and your work has been essential in shifting the law in [my state]. The case is now cited both federally and around the state, and we are all thankful. I look at your site on a daily basis, and keep up the good work. In some areas of Fourth Amendment or state search and seizure law, you can find opposing cases on the same subject between states and sometimes in the same state...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 24, 2011 (boomark / email).