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