MENTAL PATIENTS AND WEAPONS;
Plus “Return of Confiscated Firearms”
and “California’s Red Flag Statutes”
ROBERT C. PHILLIPS
Deputy District Attorney (Ret.)
May, 2021
Introduction:
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THE SAN DIEGO BIOTECHNICAL CONVENTION
Legal Tools for Maintaining the Peace
Robert C. Phillips
Deputy District Attorney
May, 2021
Introduction:
Between June 24 and 27, 2001, the City of San Diego…
Unlawful Assembly, Rout, and Riot:
Penal Code §§ 404 et seq.
R.C. Phillips
May, 2021
Stopping a problem early with individual arrests for disturbing the peace, despite its constitutional restrictions, is…
Police Officer Chris Farrar was struck and killed by a vehicle during a vehicle pursuit of a stolen vehicle involving multiple agencies.
Deputies with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office had initiated the pursuit of a known felon shortly…
In the recent California Supreme Court case of In re Humphrey (Mar. 25, 2021) 11 Cal.5th 135, a unanimous Court determined that California’s bail system, as currently set up, violates the California Constitution. Specifically, the Court found a…
In a lengthy (127-page) split (7-to-4) opinion, an en banc (11 justice) panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its earlier three-judge opinion (at 896 F.3rd 1044 [9th Cir. July 24, 2018]; see California Legal Update, Vol. 23 #9,…
