This was case is an example of a cyber crime investigation in Miami that focused on the using the internet to solicit minors for illegal illicit sexual activities. In U.S. v. Lanzon the defendant was indicted for persuading a minor to “engage in prostitution or any sexual activity for which…
Articles Posted in Constitution – Bill of Rights
Statute making it a crime to operate a submersible vessel in international waters without nationality is constitutional; U.S. v. Ibarguen-Mosquera
United States v. Ibarguen-Mosquera is the latest of many Eleventh Circuit cases testing the consititutionality of a seizure of a boat by the Coast Guard on international waters. Here the seizure of this boat resulted in a Federal criminal offense. Defendants were crew members aboard a vessel described as an…
Miranda warning decision reversed; United States v. Powell
A fundamental principle of criminal law requires any law enforcement officer following an arrest to advise the arrested person of certain Constitutional rights pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona (Miranda warnings.) The police may not question the arrested person about the offense unless Miranda warnings have read to the defendant and…
Confession to police by a 19 year old thrown out; United States v. Lall
This is one of the rare cases where a confession was thrown out. It commonly happens on television but rarely in real life, especially in federal court where the federal agents are well trained and rarely make mistakes involving Miranda warning. As demonstrated on television police must give warnings commonly…
Border search of a crewmember’s living quarters upheld; United States v. Alfaro-Moncada
The Fourth Amendment gives individuals the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. In this case the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the search of a crewmember’s living quarters on a cargo ship by federal agents, after the boat had…