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Bulletin
November 25, 2023
We look at cross-jurisdictional authority when an officer issues a citation outside his or her jurisdictional limits. The law is specific, and you or the prosecutor need to bring the receipts to court if you want the cite to hold.
Bulletin
November 25, 2023
We previously discussed past precedents, and now we look at recent case rulings on what is reasonable when detaining someone after a traffic stop. Details matter.
Case Law Update
November 22, 2023
A person’s consent to allow officers to search his or her vehicle is not voluntary when the consent is the product of coercion. Threatening to tow the vehicle, where it would be illegal to do so, constitutes coercion.
Bulletin
November 19, 2023
When you detain someone for a traffic infraction, how much time is reasonable – and thus, constitutional – to delay someone while you search for other criminal activity? We review the basics in part one of a two-part series that will help guide your work on the street.
Bulletin
November 09, 2023
Is this issue headed to the State Supreme Court? We now have a third district court ruling about potential racial stereotyping in the use of products of “creative expression” for prosecution. Courts are split on whether the judicial review granted in the 2023 law should be retroactive to ongoing cases.
Case Law Update
November 09, 2023
In this Case Alert, we discuss a ruling in a sexual assault case in which the defendant abused multiple massage patients. While he claimed he didn’t use sufficient force to support the charges, the court ruled that psychological restraint does constitute duress and fear in such cases.
Case Law Updates
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