Webb v. Jessamine County Fiscal Court, 2011 WL 3652751 (E.D. Ky. August 19, 2011) Plaintiff filed a civil rights lawsuit against the local jail and other governmnet officials after she gave birth while incarcerated. She claimed, among other things, that the jail’s failure to get her proper medical care before and during the delivery caused [...]
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Court dismisses class action against MySpace for violation of the Stored Communications Act
June 4th, 2011
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Hubbard v. MySpace, 2011 WL 2149456 (S.D.N.Y. June 1, 2011) Plaintiff, who sued on behalf himself and others similarly situated, claimed that MySpace improperly turned over account information and private messages to law enforcement, even though there was a search warrant. Plaintiff claimed this violated the Stored Communications Act, 18 USC 2701 et seq. MySpace [...]
That bogus social networking profile can send you to jail
May 28th, 2010
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Clear v. Superior Court, 2010 WL 2029016 (Cal.App. 4 Dist. May 24, 2010) The California Court of Appeal has held that a man who set up a bogus MySpace profile of his former church pastor can stand trial for criminal “personation.” The defendant’s alleged conduct that might really put him on the hook is what [...]
MySpace posting was not improper character evidence at murder trial
October 15th, 2009
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Clark v. State, No. 43S00-0810-CR-575 (Ind. October 15, 2009). [Download the opinion] Defendant Clark killed his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter. At his murder trial, the prosecution introduced the following post Clark had made to his MySpace page: Society labels me as an outlaw and criminal and sees more and more everyday how many of the people, [...]
Conviction for sending intimidating MySpace message overturned
August 12th, 2009
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Marshall v. State, 2009 WL 2243467 (Ind. App. July 28, 2009) Gotta love the facts of this case from my home state of Indiana. Marshall and Goodman traded cars with one another, but that deal went sour. Marshall then got into an altercation with Goodman’s mother (named Lee) and Marshall was arrested. She was also [...]
Drinkin’ photos on MySpace send man to prison
August 3rd, 2009
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Lesson of the day: don’t post pictures of yourself on MySpace holding a beer if the conditions of your probation don’t let you drink alcohol or use the internet. Defendant Pressley pled guilty to some ugly crimes and was sentenced to a lifetime of probation. As part of the deal, he promised not “to consume [...]
