Neither LAPD’s internal rules and regulations nor P.C. § 632 (illegal eavesdropping) prevent the use of a patrol vehicle’s in-car video system recordings in subsequent departmental disciplinary proceedings, at least where the recordings are…

An in-custody suspect’s reinitiation of questioning after repeated invocations of his rights to silence and to the assistance of counsel may be found from the circumstances and need not be express.

Observations made during an illegal detention, leading to the recovery of an illegal firearm, requires the suppression of both the observation and the firearm.

It is Sixth Amendment violation to place an undercover officer into a jail cell with an already charged defendant for the purpose of pumping that defendant for incriminating statements. Intentional Miranda violations will result in the suppression…

The “Private Search Doctrine” does not legitimize a law enforcement officer’s warrantless opening and viewing of e-mail attachments that have already been determined as child pornography through a computerized hash identification system.