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State v. Rogers

North Carolina Supreme Court held that state search and seizure clause is in lockstep with the Fourth Amendment in recognizing a "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule

Onondaga v. New York

New York Court of Appeals upheld law that would change many county and town elections to even years to align with state and federal contests, finding it does not violate state constitutional home rule or voting rights

Atencio v. State of New Mexico

Plaintiffs have sought review from the New Mexico Supreme Court of an appellate court decision that dismissed their claim under a state constitutional clause requiring the legislature to control pollution based on that court's interpretation that the clause does not create an individual right the judiciary can enforce or protect

State v. Michael Sharpe

Connecticut Supreme Court held that neither the police’s collection of DNA from a discarded belt, nor the subsequent analysis of that DNA solely for purposes of identifying the defendant, violated his privacy rights

White v. Stitt

Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down law creating new business courts in the state’s two most populous counties

People v. Kardasz; People v. Martin

Michigan Supreme Court upheld lifetime sexual offender registration against facial and as-applied cruel or unusual punishment challenge; and heard argument in challenges to lifetime electronic monitoring

State v. Sabra Danielson, State v. Simone Nelson

Washington Supreme Court held it does not violate equal protection as a wealth-based classification for a trial court to refund financial obligations paid in cash when a conviction is vacated but to deny reimbursement of community service labor performed in lieu of payment

State v. Cole