January 1, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- New and Amended Statutes for 2013
January 2013 (click here to view or download)
- 13th Annual Search & Seizure Edition
February 8, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Detentions and Patdowns
- The “Minimal Intrusion Doctrine”
- Miranda; Readmonishment in Successive Interrogations
- Tape-Recording Interrogations
- Tasers and the Use of Force
March 17, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Inadvertent Pre-Trial Suspect Identifications
- Warrantless Searches of a Vehicle’s SDM with Probable Cause
- Warrantless Searches of Vehicles as the Instrumentality of the Crime
- Vehicles and Expectation of Privacy
- Residential Warrant Searches; Detentions of Occupants
- Dog Sniffs and Probable Cause
April 12, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Residential Searches and Drug-Sniffing Dogs Within the Curtilage
- Involuntary Confessions and Offers of Leniency
- Residential Burglary
- Searches of Vehicles; Probable Cause
- Use of Force; Pepperball Projectiles
- Detentions
May 4, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- DUI Arrests and Warrantless Blood Tests
- Homeless Persons and Personal Property
- Vehicle Searches and Probable Cause
- Community Caretaking and Vehicle Impounds
- Patdowns for Weapons
- Use of Force; Tasers
June 14, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Parole Interrogations and Custody
- Two-Step Interrogation Tactics
- Taking Custody of Seriously Ill Children
- Detention of an Objecting Parent During Medical Treatment of a Child
- Switchblade Knives, per P.C. §17235
- Robbery; Force Used During the Escape
July 8, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Silence and the Fifth Amendment
- Confessions and Voluntariness
- Eighth Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Non-Custodial Interrogations and Beheler
- Texting While Driving, per V.C. §23123.5
August 26, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Medical Marijuana; Limits on Quantity
- Open Field’s Doctrine
- DUI Refusals
- Fourth Waiver Searches
- Search Warrants and Probable Cause
- Arrests and Probable Cause
- Arrests and Excessive Force
- Conspiracy and an Officer’s Civil Liability
September 30, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Rape, per P.C. § 261(a)(4)
- Surreptitious Audio-Video Recording in a Suspect’s Home
- Privileged Official Information, per E.C. § 1040
- Miranda; Custody
- Miranda; Offers of Leniency
- Miranda; Coercion/Voluntariness
October 28, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Border Searches
- Arresting an Out of Control Minor per W&I 601/625
- Vehicle Code Sections 21650 & 21650.1; Bicycles on Sidewalks
- Fourth Waiver Searches; Property of a Third Person
- Miranda; Spanish Language Admonishments
November 13, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Hot Pursuit; Warrantless Residential Entries
- Accessories, per P.C. § 32
- Requesting Identification & Consensual Encounters
- Cellphone Use While Driving
- GPS; Pinging A Cellphone
November 25, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Standing: Possession of a Searched Cellphone While Denying Ownership
- Scope of One’s Consent to Search a Cellphone
- Warrantless Container Searches
- Search Warrants; Seizing Evidence Outside the Warrant
- Miranda: Interrogations
December 10, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Miranda; Spanish Language Admonishments
- Fourth Wavier Searches
- Freedom of Expression and Retaliatory Arrests
- Gangs, and P.C. §186.22(a)
- Dirk or Dagger; The “Upon the Person” Element
- Miranda; Invocation as Impeachment Evidence
December 26, 2013 (click here to view or download)
- Assault Weapons; Manufacturing and Possession
- Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol; Blood-Draws
- Privileged Official Information, per E.C. § 1040(b)
- Aider and Abettor Liability: Continuous Child Abuse, per P.C. § 288.5
- Search Warrants; Stale Information