Author Archive for David Behm

The Resurrection of the “Trespass” Element of Fourth Amendment Law

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Category: Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Process, Public, U.S. Supreme Court | No Comments »

Recently, in United States v. Jones, the Supreme Court ruled that the attaching of a GPS tracking device to a suspect’s car without his knowledge and monitoring of the vehicle’s ... Read more »

Difficulties Arising Out of No-Merit Reports

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Category: Criminal Law & Process, Public, Wisconsin Criminal Law & Process | 4 Comments »

Under Wisconsin Statute 809.32(1), an attorney representing a criminally convicted client on appeal must file a no-merit report if he or she: concludes that a direct appeal on behalf of the ... Read more »

The Trouble with Defining Torture

Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Category: Human Rights, International Law & Diplomacy, Prisoner Rights, Public | 10 Comments »

The definition of torture, as codified in Title 18 of the United States Code Section 2340, does little to prevent what we have come to see in the news.  Torture ... Read more »

A Comparison of an Article 32 Investigation with a Federal Grand Jury (And Why the Former Prevails)

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Category: Criminal Law & Process, Public | No Comments »

My recent military law class helped me to understand the judicial system employed by our armed forces. Many similarities exist between the judicial system in the armed forces and the ... Read more »