Samson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

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1. “Because these records were complied and kept by Golden Valley Electric, and because the records were seized from the electric company's premises, Golden Valley clearly would be entitled to seek suppression of this evidence if the government ever attempted to use these records in a criminal prosecution of the electric company. But Samson is in a different legal position because, normally, a person has no standing to seek suppression of evidence belonging to and illegally seized from someone else.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 377 N.J. Super. 515 - State v. Domicz

2. “does not provide any intimate details of Kluss’s life, identify his friends or political and business associates, nor does it provide or complete a ‘virtual current biography.’ The power records, unlike telephone or bank records, do not reveal discrete information about Kluss’s activities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2000 Pa. Super. 108 - Commonwealth v. Duncan