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The Supreme Court on June 3, 2013, issued their decision in Maryland v. King. The Court stated when officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold a suspect for a serious offense and bring him to the station to be detained in custody, taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee’s DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. To read the decision, please see Law - Caselaw - Supreme Court.
The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's Criminal Law Section is presenting a seminar which will examine the Supreme Court's 1963 opinion of Gideon v. Wainwright and the impact the Court's holding has had on our justice system. The program will be held on June 13, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.) at CMBA Offices, 1301 East Ninth Street, 2nd Level Galleria, Cleveland, Ohio. (3.0 CLE Hours) For more information please see our calendar under Training/Events --- Local Seminars & Events.
The Toledo Bar Association has put together a panel of Federal, State, and local speakers to discuss prisoner release and reentry programs. The program is scheduled for June 10, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library McMaster Center Auditorium, 325 Michigan St., Toledo, OH. (2.75 CLE Hours) A reception will follow from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. For more information please see our calendar under Training/Events --- Local Seminars & Events.
We will be presenting a video replay of a very well-received program by Donald Wochna, Esq. of Vestige Digital Investigations presented last fall in Akron. It will take place at two locations: the 7th Floor Auditorium at the Stokes U.S. Courthouse in Cleveland, and in the Jury Assembly Room in the James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse in Toledo on March 22, 2013. This presentation will discuss important federal and Ohio developments in the area of child pornography, technical realities and recent case law decisions underlying federal preemption, and potential attorney...