Be Mindful of the “Community Caretaking” Guidelines When Conducting Vehicle Inventory Searches

From the Classroom 
By Ray Hill 
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College 

Vehicle Inventory Searches and the “Community Caretaking” Function 

Background 

With…

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U.S. Supreme Court Gun Decision Says N.Y. Law Violated Second and Fourteenth Amendments; Is California Next?

The Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms
By Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Ret).

Ruling:  State statutes restricting a law-abiding adult citizens’ right to keep and bear arms by requiring a showing of “proper cause”…

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(Part I) The Fourth Amendment / Search and Seizure Annual Update (Table of Contents Only)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Pro Subscribers Exclusive: Your Essential Guide to the Fourth Amendment and Search and Seizure.

This annual compendium of Fourth Amendment and search and seizure issues, compiled by retired Deputy District…

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Does a Journalist Have the Right to Withhold Information, Even in a Criminal Case?

From the Classroom 
By Ray Hill 
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College 

NEWS SHIELD PRIVILEGE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS     

This is the fifth in a series of articles covering witness privileges in the…

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From the Classroom: Therapist-Patient Confidentiality and Its Exceptions; Unusual DUI Defense Works

From the Classroom
By Ray Hill
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College

THERAPIST-PATIENT PRIVILEGE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

This is the fourth in a series of articles covering witness…

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Doctor/Patient and Clergy/Confessor Privileges and Criminal Investigations

FROM THE CLASSROOM
By: Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College

Doctor/Patient and Clergy/Confessor Privileges and Criminal Investigations

This is third in a series of articles…

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Intentional Miranda violations are discouraged in the law.

In the unpublished Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 4) decision of People v. Rivera (Aug. 19, 2022) 2022 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5130—a double homicide case—the Court rejected the defendant gangster Miguel Rivera’s objections to the…

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Police Officer Gonzalo Carrasco, Jr.

Police Officer Gonzalo Carrasco was shot and killed at 11:45 am at the 2600 Block of Pine Street in Selma.

While on patrol, Officer Carrasco was stopped by a homeowner who stated that a man was on her property. When Officer Carrasco…

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