2007 Archive

  DECEMBER 10, 2007

• Miranda; Custody, Interrogation, Due Process and Expectation of Privacy
• Interrogations; Using and Unwitting Agent
• Computer Checks on License Plates and Vehicle Passengers
• Probable Cause to Arrest
• Search Warrants; Execution in an Unreasonable Manner

  NOVEMBER 21, 2007

• Consent and Voluntariness
• Traffic Stops; Prolonged Detentions
• Trespass on Private Property
• Detaining and Identifying Misdemeanor Suspects
• Miranda and Offers of Leniency
• Threatening a Victim or Witness, per PC 136.1

  NOVEMBER 4, 2007

• Medical Marijuana; Transportation of
• Probable Cause to Arrest
• Trespassing on Commercial Property
• E-Mail Trap and Trace
• Possession of Burglary Tools, per PC 466

  SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

• Anonymous Information, Knock & Talks, and Consensual Searches
• Consensual Encounters, Detentions and Consent to Search
• Residential Entry to Execute an Arrest Warrant; Probable Cause
• Rape, Carjacking, and Evidence of Prior Acts of Domestic Violence
• Possession of Burglary Tools, per PC 466

   AUGUST 23, 2007

• Probable Cause and the "Collective Knowledge" Doctrine
• Controlled Substances; Knowledge Element
• Vehicle Seizures & Searches; Using Trickery
• Using Minors for Videotaping Sexual Conduct, per PC §311.4(c)
• Undercover Investigations and the Constitution

  JULY 31, 2007

• Search Warrant Execution and Officers' Safety
• Attempted Murder; A Direct, Ineffectual Act
• Vehicle Stops; Detention of Passengers
• Vehicle Searches; Scope of a Search Warrant and the "Automobile Exception"

  JULY 12, 2007

• Second Degree Felony Murder Rule; The Merger Doctrine
• "Public Place," per Local Ordinance
• Detentions and Reasonable Suspicion
• Detention of a Package While in Transit
• Search of a Package While in Transit

  JUNE 29, 2007

• High Speed Vehicle Chases and the Use of Force
• Detentions of Passengers During a Traffic Stop
• Anonymous Information and Reasonable Suspicion
• Computers and Child Pornography; Probable Cause
• Consent to Search

   JUNE 8, 2007

• Financial Elder Abuse and Consent
• Medical Marijuana and the Common Law Defense of Necessity
• Accessory After the Fact, Per P.C. § 32
• Proposition 215; Medical Marijuana
• Indian Law Enforcement Officers and Search & Seizure
• Use of Force to Obtain Fingerprints

   APRIL 27, 2007

• Absent Victim's Hearsay Statements and the Sixth Amendment
• Grand Theft Person, per PC §487(c)
• Kidnapping for Purposes of Robbery; Asportation Element
• Probable Cause to Arrest; Arresting for the Wrong Offense
• Miranda; Beheler in the Jail

   APRIL 13, 2007

• Traffic Stop to Check a Temporary Operating Permit
• Suspicionless Parole Searches
• Miranda; Invocations, Readmonishments, and the Use of Deception
• Interrogating an Injured Suspect
• Money Laundering, per PC §186.10

   MARCH 15, 2007

• Search & Seizure - 7th Edition

  FEBRUARY 15, 2007

• Sexual Battery, per PC §243.4
• Kidnapping of a Child
• Search Warrants and Good Faith
• Impounding Vehicles; Constitutionality
• Patdown for Identification
• Vehicle Stops; A Missing License Plate
• Hobbs Warrants; Retention of a Sealed Affidavit

   JANUARY 26, 2007

• Traffic Stops; Questioning Beyond the Scope of the Stop
• Recording an Inmate's Telephone Calls; Implied Consent
• Warrantless Entry Into a Residence
• Protective Sweeps in a Business
• First Degree Burglary of, and First Degree Robbery in, an Inhabited Dwelling
• Juvenile Search and Seizure Probationary Considerations

• New and Amended Statutes Edition