For anyone who is interested, I have compiled a list of California’s so-called “Red Flag Statutes;” i.e. P.C. §§ 18100, et seq.—on the books since January 1, 2015 (as amended in 1/1/2019)—that deal with court petitions by “immediate family…
Governor Newsom signed AB 392 (along with SB 230) into law on August 19, tightening up the standards for an officer’s use of deadly force (through the use of firearms or otherwise) from what is “reasonable,” to what is “necessary,” under the…
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The Right to Confrontation and Testimonial Pre-Trial Statements
Robert C. Phillips
DDA, Retired
August, 2019
There are few situations in life more unfair and frustrating than being accused of something that, whether or…
It’s a long-standing rule that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment does not prevent separate jurisdictions (i.e., federal and state) from prosecuting a defendant for the same offense that is in violation of the laws of both…
