More from this issue:

1. A House Built on Discriminatory Sand, by Anthony Accurso
2. Jury Nullification: The People’s Tool Against Bad Laws and Bad Legal Actors, by J.D. Schmidt
3. New RECOVER Fingerprint Technology Used to Solve 1983 Cold Case, by Casey Bastian
4. Federal Habeas Corpus: Post-Filing Procedures in Seeking Habeas Relief, by Dale Chappell
5. Excited Delirium—the Diagnosis That Doesn’t Exist, by Brooke Kaufman
6. New York Court of Appeals: Frye Hearing Required to Determine Admissibility of DNA Evidence Generated by Proprietary Forensic Statistical Tool, by Douglas Ankney
7. Use of Controversial Phone-Cracking Tool Is Spreading Across Federal Government, by Sam Biddle, Mara Hvistendahl
8. California Court of Appeal: Trial Court Must Receive Parole Agency’s Written Report Before Ruling on Parole Revocation Petition for Lifetime Parolee Despite Remand to Prison Being Mandatory, by Douglas Ankney
9. Michigan Supreme Court: IAC Where Defense Counsel Failed to Request Instruction on Defense-of-Others for Nonassaultive Offense of Home Invasion, Orders New Trial, by David Reutter
10. Maine Now Requires Criminal Conviction Before Property May Be Forfeited, by Douglas Ankney
11. West Virginia Supreme Court: Defendant Who Provided False Information to Detective Who Failed to Identify Himself as Police Officer Has No Duty to Cure False Statement Upon Learning Detective Is a Police Officer, by Douglas Ankney
12. Tenth Circuit: Judgment of Conviction Becomes Final for § 2255 SOL Purposes Upon Conclusion of Direct Review of Deferred Restitution, by Douglas Ankney
13. New Hampshire Supreme Court: Warrant Required to Enter Walled-In Porch Attached to Mobile Home, by Anthony Accurso
14. Second Circuit: Multi-Object Drug Conspiracy Involving Crack and Other Drugs Eligible for First Step Act Relief, by Dale Chappell
15. Sixth Circuit: No Abuse of Discretion in U.S. District Courts Imposing Habeas Remedy Different Than That Required Under State Law, by Dale Chappell
16. Book Review: ‘The PLRA Handbook: Law and Practice Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act’ by John Boston, by Matthew Clarke
17. SCOTUS Announces § 1983 Malicious Prosecution Claim’s ‘Favorable Determination’ Requirement Satisfied by Showing Prosecution Ended Without a Conviction, by Richard Resch
18. Minnesota Supreme Court: Depraved-Mind Murder Requires Mental State of Generalized Indifference to Human Life, Which Cannot Exist Where Defendant Kills With Particularity, by Douglas Ankney
19. Sixth Circuit: Evidence Withheld by Prosecutor Opens Door for Successive Habeas Petition, by Dale Chappell
20. Martinsville Seven Pardoned 70 Years After Execution, by Anthony Accurso
21. SCOTUS Adds Extra Obstacle to Federal Habeas Relief for State Prisoners, Ruling Both Brecht and the AEDPA Must Be Satisfied, by Dale Chappell
22. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Smell of Marijuana Alone No Longer Establishes Probable Cause to Conduct Warrantless Vehicle Search, by Douglas Ankney
23. ABA Says Oregon Needs 1,296 More Public Defenders, by Mark Wilson
24. New Yorkers With Criminal Record Struggle for Approval to Rent Homes, by Ashleigh Dye
25. Idaho Supreme Court Announces Prospectively Testimony by Drug Recognition Expert Requires State to Comply With Expert Witness Disclosure Requirements of Rule 16(b)(7), by Douglas Ankney
26. Filmmaker Got Back His $69,000 ‘Stolen’ by DEA Agent, Plus a $15,000 Settlement, by Harold Hempstead
27. California Court of Appeal: Trial Court’s Dismissal of Charge Based on Express Statement of ‘Insufficient Evidence’ Is Equivalent to Acquittal for § 1170.95 Resentencing, by Douglas Ankney
28. When Your Criminal Case Is Dropped, But Your Mugshot Lives Forever, by Julie Levitch
29. First Study of Police De-Escalation Training Shows Impressive Results, by Douglas Ankney
30. News in Brief
31. Costs of Untested Rape Kits, by Jayson Hawkins

More from Harold Hempstead:

• Florida Returning Canteen Funds for Prisoner Programming, July 15, 2023
• Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy, June 15, 2023
• Massachusetts Settles One of Three Suits Alleging Retaliation by Prison Guards for Assault on One of Their Own, June 1, 2023
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Announces When Clock Begins to Run on Statutory Pretrial Detention, May 15, 2023
• Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy, May 1, 2023
• Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another, April 19, 2023
• Georgia Supreme Court: Trial Courts Are Bound to Follow Precedent of Court of Appeals, April 15, 2023
• Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights, April 1, 2023
• Massachusetts Supreme Court: Probationer’s Due Process Right to Present a Defense Violated Where Denied Opportunity to Call Complainant Who Alleged Sexual Assault as a Witness During Probation Revocation Hearing, March 15, 2023
• Maryland Court of Appeals: ‘No Objection’ to Introduction of Evidence at Trial That Was the Subject of Denied Motion to Suppress Does Not Waive Right to Appellate Review of Denial, March 15, 2023

More from these topics:

• Indiana Supreme Court Announces Civil Forfeiture Triggers Right to Jury Trial, Feb. 15, 2024. Forfeiture, Forfeiture Money Judgments, Jury Trial.
• Sixth Circuit Announces Due Process Right to ‘Prompt’ Post-Seizure Hearing While Government Deciding Whether to Initiate Forfeiture Proceedings and Holds Wayne County’s Vehicle Forfeiture Program Violates Due Process, Feb. 15, 2024. Forfeiture.
• Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It, Feb. 1, 2024. Settlements, Mandamus, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• Indiana Settles Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim for $4,500, Dec. 1, 2023. Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Settlements.
• $40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained, Dec. 1, 2023. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements.
• $26,500 in Settlements in Former California Prisoner’s Retaliation Lawsuits, Dec. 1, 2023. Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Settlements.
• $20,000 Paid to Florida Prisoner After Eleventh Circuit Finds PLRA Inapplicable to Claims DOC Removed to Federal Court, Dec. 1, 2023. Settlements, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Tennessee Extends CoreCivic Contract Despite Deaths, Almost $18 Million in Fines, Dec. 1, 2023. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Fines.
• After SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Split, Maryland Guard Loses Appeal to Prisoner’s $700,000 Verdict, Dec. 1, 2023. Settlements.
• $100,000 Settlement Reached With Corizon Health for Failure to Provide Arizona Prisoner Eye Care, Dec. 1, 2023. Corizon, Medical, Eyeglasses, Settlements.