Community Caretaking, Probable Cause, and Marijuana Vehicle Searches:
Impounding Vehicles, the Community Caretaking Doctrine, and Probable Cause Marijuana Vehicle Searches: In an unpublished deci
The Dream Keeper Fellowship Program
Paying Bad People to Be Good: Okay, I’ve heard it all now. In the September
The “Weaponing” of Social Media by Law Enforcement
The “Weaponing” of Social Media by Law Enforcement
Profanity and the First Amendment
Editorial by Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Retired)
Sentencing Minors to Life Without the Possibility of Parole
I don’t typically brief sentencing cases, and I’m not an expert by any means on juvenile law, so I’m kind of speaking out of school here. But for those of you w
A Public Service Announcement for Kern County Criminals
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Politics, Political Correctness, and P.D. Policies
The San Francisco Police Department’s Police Chief William Scott recently published within his department a directive instructing his officers to “avoid .
Novel Defense Theory of the Year
Benjamin Schreiber was convicted in 1997 of murder in an Iowa state court and sentenced to life in prison. (Source: The Rapid City Journal, Nov.
Red Flag Statutes
For anyone who is interested, I have compiled a list of California’s so-called “Red Flag Statutes;” i.e. P.C.
AB 392: Amended P.C. §§ 196 & 835a, and the Use of Deadly Force
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 “re
