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From the Classroom: Theft and burglary case law review
By: Ray Hill Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Legislative Update
State Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) has introduced SB905, which could be a major…
From the Classroom
By Ray Hill
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Threat Offenses (69 P.C.) – A Follow-Up Case
After our recently published article “Timely Issue – A Review of Threat Offenses Against…
From the Classroom: Vehicle as an Instrumentality of a Crime
By Ray Hill
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
A predator kidnaps a girl at knifepoint while she was walking home from school. He forces her into his…
By Robert Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (ret.)
Warrantless searches and seizure of anonymous safe deposit boxes violate the Fourth Amendment absent probable cause, and cannot be justified as an inventory search.
The…
From the DA’s Desk: Dog-Sniff Searches and the Human Body
By Robert Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (ret.)
An interesting topic for which there is actually very little case law is dog-sniff searches as they relate to…
