More from this issue:

1. Faulty Forensics and Lab Scandals Highlight Urgent Need for Enforceable Scientific Standards, by Matthew Clarke
2. Criminal Cops: Tracking Crimes Committed by Police Officers, by Christopher Zoukis
3. Prosecutors in New Orleans Prosecute Public Defenders for Doing Their Job, by Matthew Clarke
4. Seventh Circuit: No Federal Court Jurisdiction to Resolve State Executive and Legislative Branch Disputes, by Mark Wilson
5. Eighth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Ferguson Protestor’s Excessive Force Claim, by Mark Wilson
6. Ninth Circuit Suppresses Gang Affiliation Evidence Obtained Without Miranda Warnings, by Mark Wilson
7. Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Lawyer’s Contempt Sanction for “Improper” Argument, by Mark Wilson
8. Trump Administration Kills Obama’s Forensic Evidence Reliability Reform Efforts, by Mark Wilson
9. Georgia Supreme Court Grants New Trial After Trial Transcript Lost, by Christopher Zoukis
10. New California Law Safeguards Minors’ Rights When in Police Custody
11. $450,000 Settlement to Whistleblower in Case of Framing, by David Reutter
12. What Do You Get for Kicking Handcuffed Suspects? Promoted and $130,000 Annual Pension for Life, by Derek Gilna
13. Idaho Supreme Court Reinstates Class Action Against the State Alleging Inadequate Public Defense System, by Mark Wilson
14. Suffolk County District Attorney and Aide Indicted for Beating and Coverup, by Derek Gilna
15. Baltimore Police Department’s Misconduct Scandals Result in Hundreds of Dismissals and Indictment of Eight Officers, by Derek Gilna
16. Oregon Supreme Court Announces Default Rule When Plea Agreement Silent About Reprosecution Upon Subsequent Death of Victim, by Mark Wilson
17. New York Becomes First State to Require Trial Judges to Remind Prosecutors of Their Brady Obligations During All Criminal Trials, by Christopher Zoukis
18. DOJ Ends Unconstitutional Investigative Holds by Louisiana Police, by David Reutter
19. Idaho Supreme Court: Officer Must Intend to Arrest Before Conducting a Search Incident to Arrest, by Christopher Zoukis
20. In Case of First Impression, Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Public Records Restriction Inapplicable to Defense Attorney’s Request for Client’s Files and Awards Fees, by Mark Wilson
21. Tennessee Supreme Court Clarifies Split Confinement Sentence Procedures, by David Reutter
22. Sentence Vacated Due to Improper Enhancement Under Sentencing Guidelines, by Christopher Zoukis
23. Texas Attorney General Rules Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Entitled to Vote by Mail Ballot, by Matthew Clarke
24. U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Habeas Relief Citing AEDPA Deference, by Brandon Sample
25. New York City Quietly Assembling Massive Unregulated DNA Database, by Derek Gilna
26. Supreme Court Holds Texas May Not Use Outdated Standards to Determine Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases, by Matthew Clarke
27. Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Unreasonable Seizure Claim, by Mark Wilson
28. Ninth Circuit: Discovery Rule Applies to Judicial Deception Claims, by Mark Wilson
29. From the Editor, by Richard Resch
30. U.S. Supreme Court Decision Temporarily Throws Florida’s Death Machine Into Disarray and Prompts Change to State’s Death Penalty, by David Reutter
31. News in Brief

More from Richard Resch:

• From the Editor Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Holdings and Dicta*, March 15, 2025
• From the Editor, Dec. 15, 2024
• New York Court of Appeals Overturns Harvey Weinstein’s Convictions Based on Trial Court Rulings That Admitted Prejudicial ‘Prior Bad Acts’ Into Evidence and Violated His Right to Testify in His Own Defense, June 15, 2024
• SCOTUS: Reiterates Jury Verdict of Acquittal for Any Reason Bars Retrial Under Double Jeopardy Clause of Fifth Amendment, May 15, 2024
• Fourth Circuit: Defendant Entitled to Discovery and Evidentiary Hearing on § 2255 Petition to Withdraw Guilty Plea Because It Was Not Knowingly and Voluntarily Made, March 15, 2024
• New York Court of Appeals Announces Traffic Stop of Bicyclist Is Seizure Under Both Fourth Amendment and State Constitution Requiring Reasonable Suspicion of Crime or Probable Cause of Traffic Violation, March 15, 2024
• First Circuit Announces It Has Authority to Raise Claim of Error Sua Sponte for Violation of ‘Mandate Rule’ by Sentenc-ing Court on Remand, Jan. 15, 2024
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Clarifies Application of ‘Estoppel’ in Plea Bargain Context and Holds Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Revoke Community Supervision After Statutory Term Expired, Dec. 15, 2023
• Seventh Circuit Announces Procedures for Addressing ‘Facially Questionable Warrant’ Due to ‘Material Handwritten Alterations’ Unsigned or Initialed by Issuing Judge, Dec. 15, 2023
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces ‘Self-Serving Hearsay’ Statements Introduced Under Rule of Completeness Not Hearsay and Do Not Render Defendant Impeachable, Nov. 1, 2023

More from these topics:

• From the Editor, April 1, 2025. Editorials.
• From the Editor Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Holdings and Dicta*, March 15, 2025. Editorials, False Statements, Testimony or Documents, Confessions and Statements of Defendant.
• From the Editor, March 1, 2025. Editorials.
• From the Editor, Feb. 15, 2025. Editorials.
• From the Editor, Jan. 15, 2025. Editorials.
• From the Editor, Dec. 15, 2024. Editorials.
• From the Editor, Dec. 15, 2024. Editorials.
• From the Editor, Nov. 15, 2024. Editorials.
• From the Editor, Oct. 15, 2024. Editorials.
• Bruce Johnson 1950–2024, Sept. 15, 2024. Editorials, Criminal justice system reform, Attorneys.