A recent Nevada appellate ruling highlights the differences in what that state’s courts consider reasonable in deadly force cases vs. what California law requires. There’s reasonable, and there’s “reasonable and necessary.” You need to know this.
We have several prior rulings offering guardrails for warrantless entry and surreptitious recordings, but this is the first case that explains the history behind the major guiding decisions, the relationship between these two important legal…
A 2023 appellate decision explores what “inhabited” means in relation to an arson of a dwelling, and adds more detail to the understanding of custodial vs. non-custodial questioning related to Miranda. We add helpful tips for use on the street.
Free Speech Nuances: Whether a person may exercise his or her First Amendment free speech or California Speech Clause rights at a specific location depends on whether the location at issue is a public forum.
What constitutes an invocation of one’s Miranda rights is different depending on whether that attempt to invoke happens at the beginning of questioning or after a waiver of those rights.
