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Abstract: 

This special issue is devoted to important cases involving electronic monitoring during a period of unusually high interest in EM among state and federal appellate court dockets. Among the rulings reviewed here are cases deciding whether a court can add monitoring by GPS after probation terms have already been set; whether an offender can sue a manufacturer if GPS monitoring data related to the offender’s case is lost; when does mandatory pretrial monitoring violate due process; the constitutionality of a monitoring “Life Sentence;” whether tampering with a monitoring device is equivalent to an “escape;”and other controversies. Specific cases include : People v. Horsman, 2011 WL 331778 (Ill. App. Ct. Jan. 28, 2011); United States v. Peeples, 2010 WL 5300815 (9th Cir. Dec. 28, 2010); Commonwealth v. Goodwin, 458 Mass. 11 (Sept. 17, 2010); Koontz v. BI Inc. GPS Tracking, 2011 WL 2473720 (S.D.Ill. Jun. 22, 2011); Brown v. Livingston, 2011 WL 237660 (W.D. Tex. Jan. 24, 2011); Smith v. Kimbhal, 2011 WL 1304862 (5th Cir. Apr. 6, 2011); Foltz v. Commonwealth, 706 S.E.2d 914 (Va. App. Apr. 5, 2011); Gonzalez-Fuentes v. Molina, 2010 WL 2330209 (1st Cir. June 10, 2010); United States v. Polouizzi, 2010 WL 1048192 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 23, 2010); United States v. Stephens, 2009 WL 3823964 (N.D. Iowa Nov. 17, 2009); State v. Stines, 2009 WL 3320276 (N.C.App. Oct. 6, 2009); State v. Morrow, 2009 WL 3320291 (N.C.App. Oct. 6, 2009); Commonwealth v. Cory, 454 Mass. 559 (Aug. 18, 2009); State v. Bare, 2009 N.C. App. LEXIS 775 (N.C. App. June 16, 2009); State v. Jolly, 249 P.3d 421 (Kan. Mar. 18, 2011); Ferrill v. State, 2009 Ind. App. LEXIS 670 (April 14, 2009); Wacaser v. State, 2009 Ark. App. LEXIS 164 (April 1, 2009); Brown v. State, 2008 Ind. App. LEXIS 2263 (Oct. 16, 2008); Commonwealth v. Donahue, 2008 Mass. LEXIS 623 (Aug. 22, 2008); In re Lorenzo L., 163 Cal.App.4th 1076 (3rd App. Dist. 2008); State v. Denya, 107 Conn. App. 800, 946 A.2d 931 (May 20, 2008); Donahue v. State, 2008 Fla.App. LEXIS 4350 (4th App. Dist.); United States v. Vincent, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 7693 (5th Cir.); Anderson v. State, 2010 Iowa App. LEXIS 1342 (Nov. 10, 2010); Harris v. Charles, 2011 WL 1796429 (Wash. May 12, 2011); Ackerman v. Alaska, 2008 Alas. App. LEXIS 37; State v. Gowdy, Ohio App. LEXIS 1365 (7th Dist.); State v. Gowdy, Ohio App. LEXIS 1365 (7th Dist.); Haag v. Steinle, 2011 WL 1815443 (Ariz.App. May 5, 2011).

Keywords: Super Intensive Supervision Program; warrantless placement of GPS device; Commonwealth v. Morasse; In re Randy J; In re Mikeal D; Jessica Lunsford; State v. Jordan; State v. Gapen

Affiliations:  1: Ohio Supreme Court Library.