Jim McLoughlin and Fielding Huseth co-author Law360 article
MVA Litigation Members Jim McLoughlin and Fielding Huseth co-author the Law360 article, “Challenging Prosecutors' Use Of Defendants' Jail Phone Calls” which was published on July 17.
The article
Pretrial detention imposes severe burdens on a defendant's ability to prepare for trial. One such burden is that the prosecution may receive, without a warrant, recordings of the defendant's electronic communications, especially telephone calls, that the jail recorded. Jim and Fielding offer a challenge strategy and perspective of the Constitutional and statutory issues. To view the complete article, please click here.
The article is based on their in-depth treatment of the subject in Challenging Prosecutorial Use of a Pretrial Detainee’s Electronic Communications, Jim Mcloughlin, Fielding Huseth, and Catherine Prater, University of Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice (Volume 33, Issue 1), March 2024