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2019 UPDATES

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

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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

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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
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