Deputy Sheriff Brett Harris

Deputy Sheriff Brett Harris succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicle accident at the intersection of West Esplanade Avenue and South State Street in San Jacinto at 2:15 am.

Deputy Harris was driving west on Esplanade Avenue, responding…

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The Hearsay Evidence Rule and dying declarations – important final statements for use later in court

From the Classroom: The Hearsay Evidence Rule – Dying Declarations 
By Ray Hill  
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College 

“O! But they say the tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony: Where words are…

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These exceptions to the Hearsay Evidence Rule can come in handy for investigators.

From the Classroom: The Hearsay Evidence Rule, Prior Statements of Witnesses 
By Ray Hill  
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College  

This is the ninth in a series of bulletins covering the California Evidence Code and…

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CA Legislators Take Aim at Geofence / Reverse Keyword Search Warrants and Consent Searches

Editorial by Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Ret).
Special Attention Prosecutors & Law Enforcement Investigators / Patrol Officers

**UPDATED 06/052023:  From a subscriber: "The Assembly just took up AB 793. The author…

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