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November 24, 2006 In this week's installment, court reverses conviction of man who viewed illegal porn but didn't know it was saved in his Web cache. TAGS: conviction, Police Blotter, defendant, Pennsylvania, cache, possession, evidence, prosecutor, law, image, Web browser, situation, hard drive

February 25, 2008 Court doesn't agree with armed-robbery defendants, who say police need a judge-signed court order to obtain archived text messages. TAGS: text message, Police Blotter, subpoena, defendant, prosecutor, count, evidence, attorney, U.S., message

February 8, 2008 Court order lets Homeland Security obtain precise location data from T-Mobile about customer's movements in real time. TAGS: E911, informant, Police Blotter, affidavit, Minnesota, T-Mobile, homeland security, U.S. District Judge, prosecutor, subscriber, cell phone, location, evidence, movement, order, Real-Time

February 10, 2006 Federal judge OKs prosecutors' Patriot Act request for e-mail surveillance without any evidence of wrongdoing by the target. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Police Blotter, prosecutor, surveillance, electronic communication, request, language, evidence, e-mail, monitoring, analysis

February 17, 2006 Web site owners convicted of running illegal pharmacy get new trial, after judges rule video testimony was unconstitutional. TAGS: witness, testimony, videoconferencing, defendant, pharmacy, Police Blotter, conviction, prosecution, trial, government, policy, evidence, prosecutor, Australia, attorney, U.S.

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