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Case Law Update
September 22, 2023
Officers pull up near a car, suspecting illegal marijuana use, and begin detaining the occupants. A minor sitting nearby runs, is caught and a gun found. Is there probable cause to arrest him? Did he have the right to exercise his freedom to not cooperate with a consensual encounter?
Case Law Update
September 16, 2023
We discuss the emerging legal guidance around geofence warrants – those seeking location and other data from cellphones within a virtual fence around a physical location – and what you need to show a judge to have an affidavit granted, and to have success in court.
Case Law Update
September 05, 2023
In this Case Alert, we discuss a July 2023 appeals court decision that reaffirms the legal definition of the word “from” in the context of P.C. 26100, discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t have to be “from inside” the vehicle.
Case Law Update
August 30, 2023
In this article we discuss case law governing why a private citizen’s refusal to cooperate in an investigation does not provide an officer with probable cause to arrest or retaliate against them.
Bulletin
August 26, 2023
If investigators already have lawful possession of evidence, do you need to seek another warrant, or can you use that evidence just as the original agency could? What about cellphones, which contain huge amounts of personal information? Can victims’ DNA gathered to investigate their cases be used to prosecute them?
Bulletin
August 19, 2023
A bill wending its way through the state legislature would allow defendants in certain older life-without-parole murder convictions to ask to be resentenced, potentially making them eligible for parole. Judges would be asked to consider mitigating circumstances that are viewed differently today than pre-1990.
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