January 1, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• New and Amended Statutes for 2015

January 21, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Miranda; Equivocal Invocations to the Right To Counsel
• Arrests of “Out of Control” Juveniles on School Campuses
• Handcuffs; Use of Force on Minors
• Miranda; Offers of Leniency
• Residential Entries without Probable Cause or an Exigency
• Residential Entries under the Emergency Aid Doctrine
• Firearms and Illegal Arrests
• Handcuffs and Use of Force

January 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• 15th Annual Search & Seizure Update

February 25, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Delay in the Search of a Computer
• Residential Entries; Express vs. Implied Refusals
• Knock and Talk
• Warrantless Searches of Cellphones Incident to Arrest
• Warrantless Searches of Cellphones and Exigent Circumstances
• Warrantless Searches of Cellphones under the Vehicle Exception
• Warrantless Searches of Cellphones and Inevitable Discovery
• Warrantless Searches of Cellphones and Good Faith

April 4, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Searches: Use of a Satellite-Based Monitoring Device
• Warrantless Blood-Draws in a DUI Case
• Firearms; Sale to a “Straw Person”
• Miranda; Unequivocal Invocations and Minors

May 9, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Traffic Stops and a “De Minimis” Extension of the Detention
• Attempted Criminal Threats, per P.C. §§ 664/422
• Theft; Aggregating the Loss
• The CASE Act: Human Trafficking
• DUI Cases and Warrantless Blood Draws

June 2, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Residential Entries; The Emergency Aid Doctrine
• Use of Deadly Force
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• Carjacking, per P.C. § 215
• Execution of Search Warrants and Prolonged Detentions
• Miranda and Non-Custodial Interrogations

July 5, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Miranda; Booking Questions
• Hotel/Motel Registration Records; Inspection Thereof
• Probable Cause to Arrest
• Failure to Preserve Evidence

August 9, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Kidnapping and Associated Crimes
• Firearms; Transfer by a Felon
• Second Degree Implied Malice Murder
• Mistake of Law
• Minors and Penal Code § 26 Determinations
• Miranda; Voluntariness

September 7, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Brady and Pitchess Discovery
• Sixth Amendment Right to Confrontation
• Assault with a Deadly Weapon, per P.C. § 245(a)(1)
• Sexual Exploitation of a Mentally Disabled Victim
• Burglary and Consensual Entries

October 7, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Speedy Trial Rights; Pre-Accusation Delay
• Search Warrants; Motions to Quash
• Search Warrants; Motions to Traverse
• Non-Custodial Interrogations and the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act
• Miranda; The Non-Custodial Interrogation
• Resisting Arrest, per P.C. § 148(a)(1)
• Arrests; Use of Excessive force

October 21, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Threatening a Victim or Witness, per P.C. § 140(a)
• Detentions and Reasonable Suspicion
• Searches Incident to Arrest
• Stalking, per P.C. § 646.9(a)
• DUI Arrests and Consensual Blood Draws

November 12, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Brady Violations
• Identification Evidence
• Third Party Culpability Evidence
• DUI Chemical Test Refusals and P.C. § 148(a)(1)
• Consensual Encounters, Detentions, and Requesting Identification

December 1, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Miranda; Invocation of the Right to Counsel and a Break in Custody
• Businesses; Investigations in Areas Open to the Public
• Miranda; Questioning Outside of Miranda for Impeachment Purposes
• V.C. § 22450(a) and Stopping at Intersections
• Escape by Force or Violence, per P.C. § 4532(b)(2)
• Defense of Necessity

December 27, 2015 (Click here to view or download)

• Probation Fourth Waiver Searches
• Detentions of PRCS Probationers
• Search Warrants for Computerized Data
• First Degree Murder
• Miranda; Ambiguous Attempts to Invoke
• Miranda and Booking Questions