Vol.27 No. 1
Robert C. Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (retired)
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"From The Classroom" - Raymond Hill
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.
A past San…
Marijuana, Proposition 215: A Legal Update
January, 2016
Robert C. Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (Ret.)
Proposition 215: On November 6, 1996, the so-called “Compassionate Use Act of 1996” (“CUA”) became…
On January 1, 2021, Calif. Gov’t. Code § 7286.5 became effective via AB 1196, prohibiting a law enforcement agency from authoring the use by its officers of either the “carotid restraint” (defined as “a vascular neck restraint or any similar…
By popular vote, Proposition 63 was passed on November 9, 2016, amending Penal Code § 32310 (to be effective July 1, 2017), outlawing (with limited exceptions) “large capacity magazines.” A large capacity magazine is one that holds more than ten…
Kellett Rule Outline
Originally written by Jeff Rubin in April, 2012
Updated in June of 2017
See Also, P&A June 26, 2017 on Kellett Rule
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Transporting Firearms
RC Phillips, DDA (Ret.)
October, 2021
Federal Transport Rule:
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person…
Impounding Vehicles, the Community Caretaking Doctrine, and Probable Cause Marijuana Vehicle Searches: In an unpublished decision (Blakes v. Superior Court (Nov. 24, 2021) 2021 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 7403), California’s Third District Court of…
