January 1, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Arrest
- Cannabis
- Controlled Substances
- Cyberterrorism
- Discovery
- Disorderly Conduct
- Diversion
- Domestic Violence
- Drones
- Evidence
- False Impersonation
- Firearms
- Homicide
- Hate Crimes
- Hotels, Motels, Etc
- Law Enforcement Officers
- Minors
- Opioids; Control of
- Pawnbrokers
- Restraining Orders
- Search Warrants
- Sidewalk Vendors
- Straws; Single-Use Plastic
- Theft
- Tow Company Regulations
- Transportation Network Companies
- Vehicle Code Provisions
- Vessels
- Victims and Witnesses
- Whistleblower Protection Act
- Wiretaps
January 23, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- P.C. § 245(a)(1); ADW With a Butter Knife
- Marijuana (Cannabis); Return by Law Enforcement When Lawfully Possessed
- Search Warrants
- Fourth Amendment Overbreath
- Fifth Amendment Self-Incrimination
- Biometric Features and Electronic Devices
- The Foregone Conclusion Exception
- Traffic Stops and Reasonable Suspicion
- Border Stops and Roving Patrols
The Fourth Amendment and Search & Seizure 19th Edition
March 6, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Miranda and Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
- Miranda and Interrogations
- Due Process and Involuntary Confessions
- Burglary of a Bank ATM
- Shoplifting, per P.C. § 459.5
- Warrantless Arrests on School Grounds and the Fourth Amendment
- “Reasonableness” as it Relates to Arrests on School Grounds
- The Special Needs Doctrine and Middle Schools
April 6, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Nakedness, the Fourth Amendment, and the Right to Privacy
- Qualified Immunity vs. Civil Liability
- Traffic Stops and Prolonged Detentions
- Consent Searches
- First Degree Murder Liability for an Aider and Abettor
- Aiding and Abetting Under the “Natural and Probable Consequences” Doctrine
- Searches of Abused Minor Children under the Fourth Amendment
- Warrantless Physical Exams of Minor Children
- A Parent’s Fourteenth Amendment Substantive Due Process (Privacy) Rights
- Special Needs Searches in Child Abuse Cases
May 11, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Search Warrants
- State-Issued Warrants and Federal Law Enforcement Officers
- Parole Searches; The Trunk of a Vehicle
- GPS Trackers and Parolees
- Good Faith and Obtaining CSLI Information
- Traffic Stops, Dog Sniffs, and Prolonged Detentions
May 22, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Searches Incident to Arrest
- Probable Cause Searches
- Suspicionless Pre-Transportation Searches of the Person
- Odor of Marijuana
- Search Warrants for Residences
- Accessing Private Social Media Accounts
- The California Electronic Communications Privacy Act and Voluntary Consent as an Exception
- Prolonged Traffic Stops
- Demanding Identification from Vehicle Passengers
June 21, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Collection of DNA Samples from Felony Arrestees, per P.C. § 496(a)(2)(C)
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree and Attenuation of the Taint
- DUI Boat Drivers, per Har. & Nav. Code § 655(b)
- Mandatory Advisal Requirements for Persons Arrested for DUI Boat
- Search Warrants and Probable Cause
- Search Warrants and Good Faith
Miranda and the Law: The Fifth Amendment 5th Edition
July 27, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Miranda; Intentional Violations
- Voluntary Inculpatory Statements
- Federal Habeas Corpus Review
- A Defendant’s Reinitiation of an Interrogation Following an Invocation of Rights
- DUI FSTs and Miranda
- Miranda and Interrogations
- Second Degree Murder
- Privacy Interests in a Hospital Room
- Consent Searches
- Miranda and Non-Custodial Questioning
- Miranda Waivers; Voluntariness
- Pretrial Diversion per P.C. §§ 1001.35 and 1001.36
August 30, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Residential Entries and Community Caretaking
- Residential Entries and Exigent Circumstances
- Protective Sweeps
- Miranda and the Reinitiation of an Interrogation
- Admissibility of Un-Mirandized Victim/Witness’s (later Co-Defendant’s) Statements
- Consensual Encounters vs. Detentions
September 21, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Brady v. Maryland
- Pitchess v. Superior Court
- Evid. Code §§ 1043-1047
- Discovery of Confidential Impeachment Evidence
- Enforcement of DUI Probationary Conditions
- Warrantless Seizure of a Blood Sample from a Fourth Waiver Probationary
- Motions to Suppress, per P.C. §§ 995, 999a, and 1538.5
- Consensual Encounters and Detentions
- Spotlighting
- Good Faith and the Applicability of the Exclusionary Rule
October 28, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Undercover Sex Sting Operations
- P.C. § 288.3(a): Attempted contact with a Minor with the Intent to Commit a Sexual Offense
- Vehicle Searches and Probable Cause
- Marijuana Possession and Probable Cause to Search a Vehicle
- Impounding Vehicles and the Community Caretaking Doctrine
- Vehicle Inventory Searches
- The Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Firearms
- The Doctrine of Issue Preclusion
- The Community Caretaking Doctrine as Applied to Residences
- Warrantless Seizure of Firearms from a W&I Code § 5150 Patient
November 23, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Warrantless Blood Draws in DUI Cases
- Blood Draws from an Unconscious DUI Arrestee
- Miranda; Waiver of Rights
- Use of a Ruse in Obtaining a Miranda Waiver
- Miranda; Reinitiation of an Interrogation after an Invocation
- Honeycutt, Clever Softening Up
December 19, 2019 (click here to view or download)
- Warrantless Searches of Vehicles
- Vehicles Searches for a Driver’s Identification
- Gang Expert Opinion Testimony
- Sanchez Error
- Miranda Violations and Voluntariness
- Evid. Code § 1221; Adoptive Admissions
- Reasonableness of the Use of Deadly Force by Police Officers
- Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Deprivation of Companionship with One’s Child