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  “IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - A HALF YEAR IN REVIEW”

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Below, we compiled a list of articles (with links) to all case briefs, bulletins and editorials published during the first half of 2022. This includes Robert Phillips’ annual Fourth Amendment and Search & Seizure Update (1800+ pages); New and Amended Law Update (83+ pages) and Miranda Update (650+ pages).

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LATEST CASES

01/19/2022        Illegal Detention Observations – Robert C. Phillips

01/25/2022        An In-Custody Suspect’s Reinitiation of Interrogation After Repeated Invocations – Robert C. Phillips

02/03/2022       Use of a Patrol Unit’s Digital In-Car Video System (DICVS) in a Police Disciplinary Proceeding – Robert C. Phillips

02/27/2022        Medicinal Marijuana and the Due Process Clause – Robert C. Phillips

03/03/2022       Forfeiting a Miranda Issue by Not Objecting / The Wearing of Facemasks and the Right to Confrontation – Robert C. Phillips

03/14/2022        Possession of a Controlled Substance While Armed – The Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms – Robert C. Phillips

03/15/2022        Forfeiture and Coerced Confessions -  Robert C. Phillips

03/26/2022       Special Relationships and Duty to Warn – Robert C. Phillips

03/30/2022       Unconscious DUI Suspects and Warrantless Blood Draws– Robert C. Phillips

04/4/2022         Turning Movements While Signaling – Robert C. Phillips

04/04/2022       The Use of Reasonable Force in Arresting Protectors Engaged in Unlawful Process – Robert C. Phillips

05/09/2022       Cruel and Unusual Punishment Imposed by Federal Corrections Officers – Robert C. Phillips

05/09/2022       Pat Down for Weapons – Robert C. Phillips

05/09/2022       The Warrantless Seizure of an Automobile from Another’s Private Property – Robert C. Phillips

05/17/2022        The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and the Use of Force – Robert C. Phillips

06/09/2022      The First Amendment Freedom of Expression and Retaliatory Arrests – Robert C. Phillips

06/20/2022       Criminal History and Warrant Checks Are Part of the Mission of a Traffic Stop – Robert C. Phillips

06/25/2022       Suing Federal Officers Under Authority of Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents – Robert C. Phillips

06/25/22            Threats of Force/Violence Against a Third Person Doesn’t Include a Threat Against Oneself – Ray Hill

07/02/2022       Miranda as s Prophylactic Rule and the Fifth Amendment – Robert C. Phillips

BULLETINS AND “FROM THE CLASSROOM”

01/11/2022         Warrantless Blood Draws from Unconscious DUI Suspects– Ray Hill

01/21/2022         California Cannabis Laws and Vehicle Searches – Ray Hill

01/24/2022        The ‘Good Faith Rule’ Applies When an Officer Relies on Existing Precedent that is Subsequently Changed - Ray Hill

01/26/202          News Reporters Participating in Protests and the First Amendment – Robert C. Phillips

01/29/2022        Frisks of Vehicles – Subjective vs. Objective Belief that the Vehicle Contains a Firearm – Robert C. Phillips

02/5/2022          Prior Acts of Domestic Violence Help Prove the Requisite Intent Requirement for Entry in Residential Burglary (First Degree) – Ray Hill

02/5/2022          Miranda and the Law – The Fifth Amendment – Robert C. Phillips This is a "must have" for judges/attorneys and law enforcement officers.

02/14/2022        The ‘Automobile Exception’ – An Expanded History of Transportation– Ray Hill

02/15/2022        A Search Warrant is Required for Seizure of a Vehicle Parked on Third Party’s Private Property – Ray Hill

02/18/2022       Use of a Sexual Assault Victims Rape Kit DNA in a Later Prosecution of that Same Victim – Robert C. Phillips

03/01/2022       Stale or Cold Misdemeanor Rule – A Fossil – Ray Hill

03/06/2022       Lay Opinion Testimony on a Bloodstain is Admissible – Ray Hill

03/10/2022       Defamation Civil Suits Brought By Law Enforcement Officers – Robert Phillips

03/14/2022       11370.1 H&S Doesn’t Violate the Second Amendment – Ray Hill

03/17/2022       Diversion for DUI – Part III – Robert C. Phillips

03/24/2022       Hearsay Evidence and Domestic Violence Investigations – Ray Hill

04/14/2022       Pretext Searches Are Not Lawful – Ray Hill

04/28/2022       Stale or Cold Misdemeanor Rule – An Update – Ray Hill

05/03/2022       Miranda Update #1 – Reinitiating Questioning After a Miranda Silence Assertion – Ray Hill

05/11/2022       Brady Error in an Infraction Case - Robert C. Phillips

05/11/2022       Miranda Update #2 – Reinitiating Questioning After a Miranda Counsel Assertion – Ray Hill

05/18/2022       What California Gun Owners Need to Know About ATFs Final Rule Regarding Frames and Receivers – Matthew Cuberio, Attorney at Law

05/23/2022       Fleeing by Car and Fleeing by Foot Are Two Separate Crimes – Ray Hill

05/25/2022       Court of Appeal Affirms Constitutionality of Warning on Citizen Complaint Forms– Rains, Lucia, Stenn, St. Phalle and Silver

06/2/2022          Miranda Update #3 - Suspect Reinitiates Questioning After a Miranda Assertion– Ray Hill

06/02/2022       Citizens Complaints Against Peace Officers – Robert C. Phillips

06/08/2022      Miranda Update #4 – Questioning a Suspect on a Separate, Uncharged Crime– Ray Hill

06/20/2022       Miranda Update #5 - When the Sixth Amendment Applies to a Voluntary Interview – Ray Hill

06/23/2022       Supreme Court Rules in First Second Amendment Case in a Decade Tiffany Cheuvront, Attorney at Law

06/23/2022       Second Amendment Update – New York’s Restrictive Permit Requirement – Robert C. Phillips

07/07/2022       Law Against Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in a Prostitution Offense Repealed (653.20 / 653.22 P.C.) – Ray Hill

07/13/2022        The Second Amendment as it relates to Large Capacity Magazines to be reconsidered– Robert Phillips

07/13/2022        Miranda Update #6 -Voluntary Interviews in the Jail - Ray Hill

07/18/2022        Prosecutors Including Prospective Jurors’ Comments in Closing Arguments –Robert C. Phillips

EDITORIALS

03/10/2022        Defamation Civil Rights Suits Brought by Law Enforcement Officers – Robert C. Phillips

05/03/2022       The Staking Horse Theory for Parole/Probation Fourth Waiver Searches - Robert C. Phillips

05/05/2022       Drug Dealers and Their Constitutional Rights – Robert C. Phillips

06/05/2022       LADA George Gascon and the Demise of his Special Directives – Robert C. Phillips

SPECIAL & ANNUAL UPDATES:

01/01/2022        New and Amended Statutes Edition (Effective January 1, 2022) This is one of our most popular updates. Robert Phillips provides a comprehensive list (over 83 pages) of statutory changes to State and Federal Laws affecting California and beyond.

03/10/2022        The Fourth Amendment and Search & Seizure (Twenty-Second Edition) 2022 – Robert Phillips –This masterpiece is  our most popular issues of the year.  California’s most current and comprehensive guide to Search & Seizure and Fourth Amendment law, consisting of over 1800 pages.  A must have resource for judges, attorneys, and law enforcement officers.

06/28/2022       Constitutionally Protected Expressive Activity & the First Amendment: “Who Ya Gonna Call ”- Robert Phillips (UPDATED JULY 2022)

07/17/2022       Confiscating Video Evidence And the First Amendment Right to Photograph/Videotape the Police – Robert Phillips

07/17/2022       Miranda and the Law: The Fifth Amendment – Robert Phillips

07/28/2022       Shooting the Messenger: First Amendment Freedom of Speech and the Public Employee – Robert Phillips