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W.D.Pa.: Adjudicated juvenile delinquent has no REP in custody

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

An adjudicated juvenile defendant in juvie detention has virtually no Fourth Amendment rights in detention. Betts v. New Castle Youth Dev. Ctr., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81182 (W.D. Pa. September 8, 2009). Where objection to USMJ's finding was based solely on the credibility of the witnesses, it was overruled. United States v. Sanders, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80934 (E.D. Tenn. September 4, 2009).* Court finds consent on the credibility of witnesses. United States v. Cole, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81133 (D. Neb. August 25, 2009).* CI's reliability was shown by the fact it related the CI seeing a drug deal going down. United States v. Dyer, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20061, 2009 FED App. 0330P (6th Cir. September 8, 2009).* Officers had reasonable suspicion (without telling us what it was)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on September 12, 2009 (boomark / email).