“FROM THE CLASSROOM”
By: Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Special Attention:  Law Enforcement Officers

There are no crimes, corpus delicti, or punishments in the California Evidence Code. The E.C.…

"FROM THE CLASSROOM"
By: Ray Hill, Professor Emeritus,  SRJC

"Traffic Stop Leads To Gun, Drug Arrest" - by Press Democrat reporter Colin Atagie 11/16/2022.
 “A Santa Rosa traffic stop escalated to a cocaine investigation after…

By Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Ret).

A prosecutor’s failure to use the pronoun with which a defendant chooses to identify (i.e., “misgendering”) constitutes prosecutorial misconduct.

“Misgendering:” The word of the…

FROM THE CLASSROOM 
By: Ray Hill
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa J.C.

Urinating in Public is a Misdemeanor Under 370 P.C. / 372 P.C. Arrest for  the Wrong Crime Section Does Not Violate the Fourth Amendment as Long as There is…

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

With the holiday season approaching, we typically see an increase in reports of suspected DUI's by 911 callers.  This important bulletin clarifies best…

By Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Ret).

 

Except for Vehicle Code violations, citizen contact quotas are not illegal in California even though probably not a good idea. 

I’ve recently heard rumors concerning…