While police can still inspect your phone for say a razor blade or something dangerous on the exterior, they are no longer allowed to search the contents of the phone without a warrant. This new ruling came into place Wednesday when unanimously, 9 of 9 justices agreed that cell phone and other small electronic device’s data are protected by Fourth…
In May of 2014, Governor Bill Haslam signed a very controlled, very limited bill regarding medical marijuana into law. The law allows for a four year study of cannibidiol, or CBD, by Vanderbilt University. High amounts of CBD have been linked to the effective treatment of seizures, though no one currently knows why. Discoveries like this led to the formation…
I have a secret – I’m a huge fan of police dramas. On the rare nights where I don’t have a meeting or work to do, I watch the same procedural police shows that the rest of Tennessee is watching. But unlike most of my neighbors, I’m watching them from the unique perspective of a criminal defense attorney. And what…