January 1, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- New and Amended Statutes for 2017
February 1, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Robbery and Community Property
- Burglary; Entry of a Room Within a Structure
- Police Dogs and Use of Force
- The Dissipation of Probable Cause or a Reasonable Suspicion
- Protective Sweeps
- Residential Searches and the Exigency Exception to the Search Warrant Requirement
March 8, 2017 (click the following links to view or download)
March 24, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- DUI Blood Extractions and Consent
- Disorderly Conduct per P.C. § 647(j)(1)
- Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
- V.C. § 2800.2; A Distinctive Uniform
- Vehicle Inventory Searches
- Vehicle Searches Incident to Arrest
April 29, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Searches of Cellphones
- Searches Incident to Arrest
- Searches Incident to Citation
- Knock and Notice
- Residential Entries Based Upon the Consent of a Cotenant
- Theft by False Pretenses
- The Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act (CASE Act)
- Juveniles and the CASE Act
May 20, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Fourth Waiver Searches
- Patdown Searches and Fourth Waivers
- Protective Sweeps
- Search Warrants
- Miranda; The Non-Custodial Interrogation
- Probable of Burglary Tools, per P.C. § 466
- Arson of an Inhabited Structure, per P.C. § 451
- Criminal, Threats, per P.C. 422
- Deterring an Executive Officer, per Penal Code § 69
June 20, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Miranda Invocations
- Consent Searches of a Residence
- Inevitable Discovery
- Protective Orders per Family Code §§ 6218 & 6389
- Search Warrants; Redacting Illegally Obtained Information
- Miranda Admonishments
- Miranda; Implied Waivers
- Miranda; Reinitiation of an Interrogation After an Invocation of the Right to Remain Silent
July 22, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Use of Force and the “Provocation Rule”
- Thirty Day Impounds of Vehicles per V.C. § 14602.6(a)
- Firearms and W&I Code § 5150 Mental Patients
- V.C. § 31; Providing False Information to a Peace Officer
- P.C. §§ 849.5 and 851.6(b) & (d); Unfiled Arrests being Denoted as Detentions
August 19, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Searches Incident to a Non-Bookable Offense
- V.C. § 22350; the Basic Speed Law
- P.C. §§ 664/288(a); Attempted Lewd and Lascivious Act on a Child Under
- P.C. § 422; Criminal Threats
- Use of Force and Police Service Dogs
September 8, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Use of Deadly Force and Failure to Warn
- Civil Liability, Qualified Immunity, and Clearly Established Precedent
- Detentions Based Upon Telephone Tipster Information
- Arrests; Flight from an Attempted Detention
- Searches Incident to Arrest
- Searches of Vehicles with Probable Cause
- Texting While Driving, Vehicular Manslaughter, and Gross Negligence
- P.C. § 632(d); Confidential Communications
- P.C. § 633.5, as it relates to the “Vicarious Consent Doctrine”
October 12, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Carjacking, per P.C. § 215(a); Force
- Search Warrants and Material Omissions
- Child Pornography
- Consensual Encounters vs. Detentions
- Patdowns for Weapons
November 3, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- Vehicle Code § 22520.5(a); Soliciting on Freeway Ramps
- Miranda; Anticipatory Invocations in a DUI Context
- Miranda; the Booking Questions Exception
- Trespass, per P.C. § 602.1(a)
- Prolonged Detentions
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine
- Coordinated Traffic Stops and the Fourth Amendment
November 21, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- P.C. § 148(a)(1) and Flight from an Attempted Detention
- P.C. § 1170(h)(5); Mandatory Supervision Searches
- P.C. § 245(c): Assault on a Peace Officer
- Pretextual Stops
- Administrative Searches
- Search Warrants and the Particularity Requirement
December 15, 2017 (click here to view or download)
- The California Public Records Act; Information Contained in Private Electronic Devices
- DUI; Scope of a Consent for the Withdrawal of a Blood Sample
- DUI; Warrantless Blood Draws and Consent
- Cellphones and Fourth Waiver Searches
- Searches of Containers in Vehicles
- Probation and Parole Searches of Vehicles
- Inevitable Discovery Doctrine