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Drug charges reinstated for motorist driving hands-free

His attorney argued in Circuit Court that the evidence shouldn’t be used because police didn’t have probable cause to pull over the motorist.

Because it isn’t illegal to look at Snapchat while driving, Mountain’s attorney argued he hadn’t been violating the law and a Circuit Court judge agreed, tossing the case. However, the court of appeals disagreed.

"Although studying Snapchat is different than texting," the trooper's "common sense conclusion" was that Mountain was "violating a traffic law, thereby establishing adequate grounds for a traffic stop," the ruling said.

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Bringing the party to the Supreme Court in a case about searches and arrests

One of the most buttoned-up institutions in the country will wrestle with the free-for-all culture of the house party as the Supreme Court hears a case set for Wednesday that began in a brick duplex in the District.

The weighty legal matters involve policing, arrests and searches in private homes.

But those issues are packaged in a case that includes a mystery hostess named Peaches, women in garter belts stuffed with cash and party guests who weren’t certain who owned the house they were in, but told police that “Peaches” was a renter who had invited at least some of them.

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