INSIGHTS & CASES
Latest updates, case studies, and industry news from the lab
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From Murdaugh to Josephson: How SLED Built a Digital Evidence Strategy That Holds Up in the Highest-Stakes Cases
Read More: From Murdaugh to Josephson: How SLED Built a Digital Evidence Strategy That Holds Up in the Highest-Stakes CasesThe South Carolina Law Enforcement Division profiles how digital evidence served as the connective tissue…
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The 2023 Amendment to FRE 702: What Digital Forensics Expert Witnesses Must Now Demonstrate Before Reaching a Jury
Read More: The 2023 Amendment to FRE 702: What Digital Forensics Expert Witnesses Must Now Demonstrate Before Reaching a JuryThe December 2023 FRE 702 amendment overrules case law that had applied a “presumption of…
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That One Artifact: USBSTOR, Shellbags & LNK Metadata Chaining Leads to Guilty Plea and Substantial Prison Sentence
Read More: That One Artifact: USBSTOR, Shellbags & LNK Metadata Chaining Leads to Guilty Plea and Substantial Prison SentenceA single USB registry entry opened a forensic chain — USBSTOR, MRU keys, Shellbags, and…
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Auman v. Commonwealth & State v. Worsham — EDR Conviction Upheld in Virginia; Warrantless EDR Download Suppressed in Florida
Read More: Auman v. Commonwealth & State v. Worsham — EDR Conviction Upheld in Virginia; Warrantless EDR Download Suppressed in FloridaTwo rulings on opposite sides of the EDR line. In Auman, EDR data showing brakes…
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Bachman v. General Motors Corp. — The Foundational Frye Ruling on EDR / SDM Data Admissibility
Read More: Bachman v. General Motors Corp. — The Foundational Frye Ruling on EDR / SDM Data AdmissibilityGM built a four-witness foundation in an airbag deployment case — Delphi project engineer, systems…
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Digital Evidence Secures 39 Life Sentences — The Longest Criminal Sentence in Arkansas History
Read More: Digital Evidence Secures 39 Life Sentences — The Longest Criminal Sentence in Arkansas HistoryA Clark County, Arkansas prosecution where digital evidence from mobile devices was the central evidentiary…
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Five Mobile Forensics Outcomes: Deleted Browser History, Bluetooth Vehicle Sync, and Distracted Driving Evidence
Read More: Five Mobile Forensics Outcomes: Deleted Browser History, Bluetooth Vehicle Sync, and Distracted Driving EvidenceFive matters where mobile evidence was decisive across criminal and civil proceedings: deleted browser history…
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Carpenter v. United States — 127 Days of Carrier-Held CSLI Requires a Warrant; the Third-Party Doctrine Does Not Apply
Read More: Carpenter v. United States — 127 Days of Carrier-Held CSLI Requires a Warrant; the Third-Party Doctrine Does Not ApplyThe FBI obtained 127 days of cell-site location data on Carpenter under the Stored Communications…
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Real Killer Convicted After Deleted Text Messages Recovered — and a Wrongful Conviction Prevented
Read More: Real Killer Convicted After Deleted Text Messages Recovered — and a Wrongful Conviction PreventedMobile-device extraction recovered deleted messages that identified the actual perpetrator and cleared a wrongly accused…
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Riley v. California — Police Cannot Search a Cell Phone Incident to Arrest Without a Warrant
Read More: Riley v. California — Police Cannot Search a Cell Phone Incident to Arrest Without a WarrantAfter a traffic stop and arrest, police searched Riley’s smartphone without a warrant and surfaced…