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December 9, 2020

The Fact That a Person Has Two Phones, Standing Alone, Does Not Create a Reasonable Suspicion to Support a Search

United States v. Jason Fletcher Case No. 19-3153 978 F.3d 1009 (6th Cir. 2020) Decided: October 26, 2020 It may be safe to say in today’s world that there is...

Admission of Undercover Tapes of Racist Comments Violated Rules of Evidence in Fraud Case

Unites States v. Hazelwood, et al. No. 18-6023/6101/6102, 2020 WL 6336133, (6th Cir. Oct. 29, 2020) Decided: October 29, 2020 The Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded Defendants Mark Hazelwood, Scott...

Court Tackles Difficult Loss Calculation

United States v. Kozerski Case No. 19-3949 969 F.3d 310 (6th Cir. 2020) Decided: August 6, 2020 William Kozerski obtained six government construction contracts by impersonating a disabled veteran.  Unsurprisingly,...

Court Allows Probation to Restrict Gambling

United States v. Jodi Lynn Budzynski Case No. 20-1264 2020 WL 6938293 (6th Cir. Nov. 25, 2020) Decided: November 25, 2020 After pleading guilty to five counts of fraudulently obtaining...

Artificial Intelligence and the Impact it Has in Criminal Investigations Today

United States v. William Miller Case No. 18-5578 Decided: December 3, 2020 Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is a wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with building smart machines capable of performing...