January 1, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- New and Amended Statutes for 2016
- Table of Contents
January 21, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- P.C. § 148(a)(1) and Exhorting Others Not to Cooperate with Police
- P.C. § 148(a)(1) and Refusing to Cooperate with Police
- P.C. § 148(a)(1) and a Detainee Refusing to Identify Himself
- Search Warrants; Staleness and Breadth
- Disorderly Conduct, per P.C. 647(j)(2); An Identifiable Person
- Permitting a Loaded Firearm In a Vehicle; per P.C. § 26100(a)
January 2016 (click here to view or download)
- 2016 Search & Seizure Update
February 23, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Miranda and Implied Waivers
- Confessions and Coerced Statements
- Offers of Leniency
- Miranda; Ambiguous Attempts at an Invocation
- Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel
- Criminal Street Gang Allegations, per P.C. 186.22(b)
- Interrogation Techniques and Minors
March 31, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Knock and Talks
- Protective Sweeps
- Inevitable Discovery
- Street Terrorism, per P.C. § 186.22(a)
- Juvenile Probation Conditions and Electronic Social Media
- Criminal Street Gang Allegations, per P.C. 186.22(b)
- Miranda and the Two-Step Interrogation Technique
April 24, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Fourth Waiver Cellphone Searches
- Good Faith Cellphone Searches
- Miranda; Invocation of Right to Remain Silent
- Interrogations; Coercion
- Blood Draws from an Unconscious DUI Suspect
- Implied Consent, per V.C. § 23612(a)(5)
- Good Faith Reliance Upon a Statute
- Loitering Near School Grounds, per P.C. § 654b
May 2016 (click here to view or download)
- The Fifth Amendment and Miranda
May 26, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Firearms; Carrying in a Backpack on the Person
- Miranda: Unequivocal Invocation of the Right to Remain Silent
- Miranda: Unequivocal Invocation of the Right to Counsel
- A Claim-Of-Right Self-Help Defense Under CALCRIM No. 1863
- Prolonged Traffic Stops
June 24, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Prolonged Detentions
- Detentions and Reasonable Suspicion
- Detentions and the Use of Handcuffs
- Infraction Offenses and Custodial Arrests
- Reverse Sting Operations and Outrageous Governmental Misconduct
- Entrapment
- Residential Burglary
- Commercial Burglary
- Forgery and the Intent to Defraud
July 24, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Arrest Warrants
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree; Attenuation of the Taint
- DUI Arrests and Blood or Breath Tests
- Searches with Exigent Circumstances
- Searches Incident to Arrest
- Implied Consent and DUI Arrests
- Officer Safety
- Detentions Without Reasonable Suspicion
- Gang Prosecutions
- Gang-Related Expert Opinions
August 24, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Probation Fourth Waiver Searches
- Search Warrants to Eliminate Suspects
- Buccal Swab Evidence
- The Posse Comitatus Act
- Estimations of Speed as Reasonable Suspicion for a Traffic Stop
- Residential Burglaries and Recreational Vehicles
September 23, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Use of Force and High Speed Chases
- Search Warrants: Material Omissions
- Search Warrants: Stale Information
- Search Warrants: A Franks Motion to Traverse
- Battery, per P.C. §§ 242 & 243.6
- Battery, per P.C. §§ 242 & 243(e)(1); Indirect Touching
- Confessions; Offers of Leniency
- Cooperation Agreements
- Robbery/Murder Special Circumstances
- Use of Recalcitrant Witnesses, Hearsay, and the Sixth Amendment
October 24, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Dirk or Dagger, per P.C. §§ 21310 & 16470
- Assault on a Peace Officer with Force Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury; per P.C. § 245(c)
- Drunk in Public and Civil Commitments, per P.C. § 647(g) Residential Burglaries and Circumstantial Evidence
- Attempted Burglaries
- Attempts, per P.C. § 654
- Gang Enhancements, per P.C. § 186.22(b)(1)
- Evading a Peace Officer per V.C. § 2800(a)
November 14, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Confessions and Offers of Leniency
- Postrelease Community Supervision and Fourth Amendment Waivers pursuant to P.C. 3456(a)
- P.C. § 148(a)(1) and a Defendant’s Refusal to Cooperate
- Miranda; Unequivocal Invocations to Remain Silent
- Coercive Interrogations
- Curbstone and Photographic Lineup Procedures
December 5, 2016 (click here to view or download)
- Vehicle Impoundments and the Community Caretaking Doctrine
- Vehicle Inventory Searches
- Search Warrants and Motions to Traverse
- Standing, and Searches of Vehicles
- Searches of Vehicles not Listed in a Search Warrant
- Detentions and Reasonable Suspicion
- Consensual Encounters and Detentions
- Vehicles Searches; Searches for Identification and Vehicle Documentation