2010 Archive

   DECEMBER 28, 2010

• Searches Incident to Arrest
• Vehicle Searches; Inventory Searches
• Unsolicited Statements and “Small Talk”
• An In-Custody Suspect’s Intent to Initiate Interrogation After a Prior Invocation
• Implied Consents to Search
• Traffic Stops and Reasonable Suspicion

   DECEMBER 17, 2010

• Child Molests, per P.C. §288(a), and the “Touching” Requirement
• School Searches with Police Involvement
• Firearms and “Place of Residence”
• Residential Entries and Exigent Circumstances
• Plain Sight Observations in a Residence
• Vehicle Searches Without a Warrant

   DECEMBER 2, 2010

• Vehicle Inventory Searches
• Miranda Waivers and Minimizing the Nature of the Interrogation
• Miranda and the Use of Undercover Agents
• Miranda; Equivocal Invocations
• Miranda; Volunteered Statements
• Miranda; Equivocal Attempts at Invocation

   NOVEMBER 22, 2010

• The Sixth Amendment Right to Confrontation and Interrogations
• Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel; Housing Potential Co-Suspects in the Same Jail Cell
• Miranda; Equivocal Invocations and Seeking Clarification
• Miranda; The Need to Readvise at Successive Interrogations
• Interrogation Tactics and Involuntariness

   NOVEMBER 15, 2010

• Live and Photographic Lineups
• Miranda; The Court’s Use of Suppressed Statements In Its Evidentiary Rulings
• Miranda; Implied Waivers and Minimizing the Warnings
• Vehicle Impounds and Inventory Searches
• Residential Fourth Waiver Searches and Probable Cause to Believe it’s the Parolee’s Residence
• Miranda; Equivocal Invocations

   NOVEMBER 5, 2010

• Residential Searches; Consent by Parents
• Residential Entries and Standing
• Residential Entries and Exigent Circumstances
• Miranda and the “Two-Step Interrogation Technique”
• Strip Searches in Jails
• Use of Force in Jails
• Vehicle Registration Stickers

   OCTOBER 8, 2010

• Update - Petty Theft with a Prior, per P.C. § 666
• Update - Solicitors on Private Property
• Parole Searches of Automobiles
• Anonymous Informants and Probable Cause
• Miranda and Pre-Admonishment Questioning
• Search Warrants; The Specificity Requirement

   SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

• Residential Burglaries
• Metal Knuckles, per P.C. §12020(c)(7)
• Narcotics; Transitory Possession
• Standing
• Residential Entries
• The Use of Deadly Force
• Detention of a Residence

   AUGUST 2, 2010

• Coerced Confessions
• Anonymous Tips by In-Person Informants
• DNA Arrest Warrants
• Miranda; Invocation of Rights by a Juvenile Asking for a Parent

   JUNE 20, 2010

• Miranda; Equivocal Attempts to Invoke
• Miranda; Implied Waivers
• Entry of Residence; Emergency Aid Exception
• Use of Force; Tasers
• Tracking Devices on Vehicles
• Medical Marijuana; H&S § 11362.77 & Statutory Possession Limits

   MAY 14, 2010

• Searches Incident to Arrest
• First Amendment Freedom of Expression and Disrupting Meetings
• Miranda; Implied Waivers and Interrogation Techniques
• Registration Stickers and Reasonable Suspicion
• Expectation of Privacy; Searching Containers
• Confidential Informants and Cooperation Agreements

   APRIL 19, 2010

• Search Warrants; Searching for Evidence Not Authorized by the Warrant
• Search Warrants; Stale Information
• Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
• Searches of a Vehicle Incident to Arrest
• Child Molest Victim’s Allegations and Probable Cause
• Fifth Amendment Self Incrimination Violations Before Trial

   MARCH 24, 2010

• Miranda; Advisal of Rights
• Miranda; After an Invocation of Right to Counsel
• Detaining Mailed Packages
• School Searches
• Hotel Rooms; Searches and Expectation of Privacy

   FEBRUARY 25, 2010

• Search and Seizure - 10th Edition

   JANUARY 1, 2010

• New and Amended Statutes for 2010