“Stale or Cold Misdemeanor Rule – A Fossil”
"FROM THE CLASSROOM" by Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Ray Hill is a retired Police Lieutenant and Professor Emeritus at Santa Rosa Junior College. He has taught in the POST Basic Academy and Advanced Officer Training for 45…
Use of a Sexual Assault Victim’s Rape Kit DNA in a Later Prosecution of that Same Victim
By Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Ret).
Use of a Sexual Assault Victim’s Rape Kit DNA in a Later Prosecution of that Same Victim
The San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin recently announced (as reported in the San Francisco…
A Search Warrant is Required for Seizure of a Vehicle Parked on a Third Party's Private Property (Peo. v. Rorabaugh (January 2022) 3DCA, #C090482, 2022 Cal. App. Lexis 60).
CASE LAW ALERT by Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Ray Hill is a retired Police Lieutenant and Professor Emeritus at Santa Rosa Junior College. He has taught in the POST Basic Academy and Advanced Officer Training for 45 years…
The “Automobile Exception” - An Expanded History of Transportation
"From the Classroom" - Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Ray Hill is a retired Police Lieutenant and Professor Emeritus at Santa Rosa Junior College. He has taught in the POST Basic Academy and Advanced Officer Training for 45…
Miranda and the Law The Fifth Amendment
Miranda and the Law
The Fifth Amendment
A Legal Update
UPDATED ON: January, 2022
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436 [86 S.Ct. 1602; 16 L.Ed.2nd 694]
Robert C. Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (Ret.)
(C) (858) 395-0302
RCPhill101@goldenwest.…
Prior Acts of Domestic Violence Help Prove the Requisite Intent for Entry in a Residential Burglary (First Degree).
"From the Classroom" - Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Ray Hill is a retired Police Lieutenant and Professor Emeritus at Santa Rosa Junior College. He has taught in the POST Basic Academy and Advanced Officer Training for 45…
Frisks of Vehicles: Subjective vs. Objective Belief that a Vehicle Contains a Firearm
Frisks of Vehicles: Subjective vs. Objective Belief that a Vehicle Contains a Firearm
By Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Ret.)
We don’t get many vehicle “frisk” cases, so I thought this one out of the federal First Circuit Court of…
News Reporters Participating in Protests and the First Amendment
News Reporters Participating in Protests and the First Amendment:
Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Ret).
Question: If a news reporter for a properly credentialed news agency, while reporting on a public protest or civil demonstration,…
The “Good Faith Rule” applies when an officer relies on existing precedent that is subsequently changed.
"From the Classroom" - Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Ray Hill is a retired Police Lieutenant and Professor Emeritus at Santa Rosa Junior College. He has taught in the POST Basic Academy and Advanced Officer Training for…
California Cannabis Laws and Vehicle Searches
"From the Classroom" - Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
California Cannabis Laws and Vehicle Searches
I have the honor and pleasure of having worked and taught in the policing business for 54 years. Most certainly I have…
