Students face off in moot court

The case came down to hairsplitting details.

Do search-and-seizure laws apply the same way to a recreational vehicle as to a brick-and-mortar home, even if the RV had flat tires and was connected to utilities, making it somewhat stationary?

If police witness a crime through an open window while using equipment thatallowed them to do so from 900 feet away, was the visual evidence collected really “in plain sight?”

Can rehabilitation be achieved if the convicted criminal is never released from prison to prove he’s changed his ways? If the criminal was a 15-year-old boy who had a real chance at rehabilitation, is life without parole essentially as grave as the death penalty?

The poignant questions were at the ...