January 1, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• New and Amended Statutes Edition

January 30, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Patdowns for Weapons
• Interrogations and Voluntariness
• Impounding Vehicles Under VC §14602.6(a)(1) as a Discretionary Duty
• Private Citizens as Agents of Law Enforcement
• Law Enforcement Viewing Containers Already Opened by a Private Citizen

February 5, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Miranda; Ignoring an Attempted Invocation
• Airport Searches as an Administrative Search
• Arrests and Probable Cause
• Search Warrants and Good Faith
• Miranda; Asking for an Attorney
• Arson; Burning Community Property

March 12, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Sexual Assault; Victim Unconscious of the Nature of the Act
• Possession of a Completed Check; per PC §475c
• Possession of a Weapon by an Inmate and Self-Defense
• Residential Entry Serving a Misdemeanor Bench Warrant
• Detentions; Spotlighting
• Miranda; Equivocal Invocations and an Officer's Duty to Clarify

April 10, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Air Fresheners in the Windshield, per VC §26708 (a)(2)
• Detentions and Reasonable Suspicion
• Peace Officers' Rights
• Traffic Stops and Reasonable Suspicion
• First Amendment Freedom of Expression, Trespassing, and Shopping Malls  
  (Bonus: First Amendment Expressive Activity)
• Fourth Waiver Probation Searches Without Suspicion

April 21, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Search and Seizure - 8th Edition

May 19, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Arrests in Violation of a State Statute
• Burglary; Breaking and Entering
• Miranda; Jail Inmates and "Cat Out of the Bag"
• Miranda; Functional Equivalent of an Interrogation
• Residential Entries for a Non-Bookable Misdemeanor
• Miranda; Invocation

June 16, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Medical Marijuana; Possession of Over 8 Ounces, per H&S §11362.77
• Medical Marijuana; Return of Marijuana to a Qualified Patient
• Kidnapping for Purposes of a Sexual Offense, per PC §209(b)(1)
• Residential Entries; Exigent Circumstances
• Searches Incident to Arrest in a Residence
• Traffic Stops; Illegible License Plates and VC §5201

July 30, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Hearsay Statements of a Homicide Victim
• First Amendment Freedom of Expression When Offensive to Others
• Residential Burglary; Entry by an Estranged Husband
• "Standing" When the Suspect Denies Ownership
• Homicide; Provocative Act Theory
• Drunk in Public, per PC §647(f)

August 24, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Searches Incident to Arrest; Cell Phones
• Sandclubs and Sandbags, per PC §12020(a)(1)
• Consensual Searches During Prolonged Detentions
• Towing and Impounding Vehicles
• Children; Duty of a Parent to Protect
• Robbery; Force During Escape

September 28, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Miranda; Anticipatory Invocations
• Consensual Searches when a Cotenant Objects
• Warrantless Intrusion into a Side Yard; Plain Sight Observations; Standing on Tiptoes
• Residential Entries; Emergency Aid Doctrine
• DUI Stops by a Non-Traffic Officer in an Unmarked Car
• Patdown Searches

FAQ about CA's Cell Phone Law (Click here to view or download)

October 19, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Bringing Weapons into a Jail, per PC §4574(a)
• Illegal Lane Change, per VC 22107
• Computers and Search Warrants
• Switchblade Knives
• Graffiti Implements
• Observations from Outside the Curtilage of the Home
• Detentions and Miranda
• Frisks
• Warrantless Vehicle Searches Based on Probable Cause
• Abandoned property and Expectation of Privacy

November 10, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Detention of a Motor Vehicle Passenger
• Prolonged Detentions
• Entry of a Residence Pursuant to the Emergency Aid Doctrine
• Parole Searches; Containers Belonging to Another
• Medical Marijuana

November 26, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Searches of Computers
• Threatening an Illegal Detention
• Searching a Vehicle Incident to Arrest
• Impounding Vehicles After the Driver's Arrest
• Parole Fourth Waivers per PC §3067(a)
• Assaults
• Search Warrants and a Motion to Traverse
• Miranda, Beheler, and the Custodial Interrogation
• Illegal Possession of Metal Knuckles per PC §12020(a)(1)

December 7, 2008 (click here to view or download)

• Illegal Detentions and Arrest Warrants
• First Amendment Freedom of Expression
• Detentions vs. Arrest and the Use of Handcuffs
• Switchblade Knives and Dirks or Daggers
• Patdowns and the Odor of Marijuana
• Counterfeit Money and Renting a Motel Room