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“IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - A HALF YEAR IN REVIEW”
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Below, we compiled a list of articles (with links) to all case briefs, bulletins and editorials published during the first half of 2022. This includes Robert Phillips’ annual Fourth Amendment and Search & Seizure Update (1800+ pages); New and Amended Law Update (83+ pages) and Miranda Update (650+ pages).
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LATEST CASES
01/19/2022 Illegal Detention Observations – Robert C. Phillips
01/25/2022 An In-Custody Suspect’s Reinitiation of Interrogation After Repeated Invocations – Robert C. Phillips
02/03/2022 Use of a Patrol Unit’s Digital In-Car Video System (DICVS) in a Police Disciplinary Proceeding – Robert C. Phillips
02/27/2022 Medicinal Marijuana and the Due Process Clause – Robert C. Phillips
03/03/2022 Forfeiting a Miranda Issue by Not Objecting / The Wearing of Facemasks and the Right to Confrontation – Robert C. Phillips
03/14/2022 Possession of a Controlled Substance While Armed – The Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms – Robert C. Phillips
03/15/2022 Forfeiture and Coerced Confessions - Robert C. Phillips
03/26/2022 Special Relationships and Duty to Warn – Robert C. Phillips
03/30/2022 Unconscious DUI Suspects and Warrantless Blood Draws– Robert C. Phillips
04/4/2022 Turning Movements While Signaling – Robert C. Phillips
04/04/2022 The Use of Reasonable Force in Arresting Protectors Engaged in Unlawful Process – Robert C. Phillips
05/09/2022 Cruel and Unusual Punishment Imposed by Federal Corrections Officers – Robert C. Phillips
05/09/2022 Pat Down for Weapons – Robert C. Phillips
05/09/2022 The Warrantless Seizure of an Automobile from Another’s Private Property – Robert C. Phillips
05/17/2022 The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and the Use of Force – Robert C. Phillips
06/09/2022 The First Amendment Freedom of Expression and Retaliatory Arrests – Robert C. Phillips
06/20/2022 Criminal History and Warrant Checks Are Part of the Mission of a Traffic Stop – Robert C. Phillips
06/25/2022 Suing Federal Officers Under Authority of Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents – Robert C. Phillips
06/25/22 Threats of Force/Violence Against a Third Person Doesn’t Include a Threat Against Oneself – Ray Hill
07/02/2022 Miranda as s Prophylactic Rule and the Fifth Amendment – Robert C. Phillips
BULLETINS AND “FROM THE CLASSROOM”
01/11/2022 Warrantless Blood Draws from Unconscious DUI Suspects– Ray Hill
01/21/2022 California Cannabis Laws and Vehicle Searches – Ray Hill
01/24/2022 The ‘Good Faith Rule’ Applies When an Officer Relies on Existing Precedent that is Subsequently Changed - Ray Hill
01/26/202 News Reporters Participating in Protests and the First Amendment – Robert C. Phillips
01/29/2022 Frisks of Vehicles – Subjective vs. Objective Belief that the Vehicle Contains a Firearm – Robert C. Phillips
02/5/2022 Prior Acts of Domestic Violence Help Prove the Requisite Intent Requirement for Entry in Residential Burglary (First Degree) – Ray Hill
02/5/2022 Miranda and the Law – The Fifth Amendment – Robert C. Phillips This is a "must have" for judges/attorneys and law enforcement officers.
02/14/2022 The ‘Automobile Exception’ – An Expanded History of Transportation– Ray Hill
02/15/2022 A Search Warrant is Required for Seizure of a Vehicle Parked on Third Party’s Private Property – Ray Hill
02/18/2022 Use of a Sexual Assault Victims Rape Kit DNA in a Later Prosecution of that Same Victim – Robert C. Phillips
03/01/2022 Stale or Cold Misdemeanor Rule – A Fossil – Ray Hill
03/06/2022 Lay Opinion Testimony on a Bloodstain is Admissible – Ray Hill
03/10/2022 Defamation Civil Suits Brought By Law Enforcement Officers – Robert Phillips
03/14/2022 11370.1 H&S Doesn’t Violate the Second Amendment – Ray Hill
03/17/2022 Diversion for DUI – Part III – Robert C. Phillips
03/24/2022 Hearsay Evidence and Domestic Violence Investigations – Ray Hill
04/14/2022 Pretext Searches Are Not Lawful – Ray Hill
04/28/2022 Stale or Cold Misdemeanor Rule – An Update – Ray Hill
05/03/2022 Miranda Update #1 – Reinitiating Questioning After a Miranda Silence Assertion – Ray Hill
05/11/2022 Brady Error in an Infraction Case - Robert C. Phillips
05/11/2022 Miranda Update #2 – Reinitiating Questioning After a Miranda Counsel Assertion – Ray Hill
05/18/2022 What California Gun Owners Need to Know About ATFs Final Rule Regarding Frames and Receivers – Matthew Cuberio, Attorney at Law
05/23/2022 Fleeing by Car and Fleeing by Foot Are Two Separate Crimes – Ray Hill
05/25/2022 Court of Appeal Affirms Constitutionality of Warning on Citizen Complaint Forms– Rains, Lucia, Stenn, St. Phalle and Silver
06/2/2022 Miranda Update #3 - Suspect Reinitiates Questioning After a Miranda Assertion– Ray Hill
06/02/2022 Citizens Complaints Against Peace Officers – Robert C. Phillips
06/08/2022 Miranda Update #4 – Questioning a Suspect on a Separate, Uncharged Crime– Ray Hill
06/20/2022 Miranda Update #5 - When the Sixth Amendment Applies to a Voluntary Interview – Ray Hill
06/23/2022 Supreme Court Rules in First Second Amendment Case in a Decade Tiffany Cheuvront, Attorney at Law
06/23/2022 Second Amendment Update – New York’s Restrictive Permit Requirement – Robert C. Phillips
07/07/2022 Law Against Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in a Prostitution Offense Repealed (653.20 / 653.22 P.C.) – Ray Hill
07/13/2022 The Second Amendment as it relates to Large Capacity Magazines to be reconsidered– Robert Phillips
07/13/2022 Miranda Update #6 -Voluntary Interviews in the Jail - Ray Hill
07/18/2022 Prosecutors Including Prospective Jurors’ Comments in Closing Arguments –Robert C. Phillips
EDITORIALS
03/10/2022 Defamation Civil Rights Suits Brought by Law Enforcement Officers – Robert C. Phillips
05/03/2022 The Staking Horse Theory for Parole/Probation Fourth Waiver Searches - Robert C. Phillips
05/05/2022 Drug Dealers and Their Constitutional Rights – Robert C. Phillips
06/05/2022 LADA George Gascon and the Demise of his Special Directives – Robert C. Phillips
SPECIAL & ANNUAL UPDATES:
01/01/2022 New and Amended Statutes Edition (Effective January 1, 2022) This is one of our most popular updates. Robert Phillips provides a comprehensive list (over 83 pages) of statutory changes to State and Federal Laws affecting California and beyond.
03/10/2022 The Fourth Amendment and Search & Seizure (Twenty-Second Edition) 2022 – Robert Phillips –This masterpiece is our most popular issues of the year. California’s most current and comprehensive guide to Search & Seizure and Fourth Amendment law, consisting of over 1800 pages. A must have resource for judges, attorneys, and law enforcement officers.
06/28/2022 Constitutionally Protected Expressive Activity & the First Amendment: “Who Ya Gonna Call?”- Robert Phillips (UPDATED JULY 2022)
07/17/2022 Confiscating Video Evidence And the First Amendment Right to Photograph/Videotape the Police – Robert Phillips
07/17/2022 Miranda and the Law: The Fifth Amendment – Robert Phillips
07/28/2022 Shooting the Messenger: First Amendment Freedom of Speech and the Public Employee – Robert Phillips
