More from this issue:

1. Secret ATF Slush Fund Dispensed Millions, by Christopher Zoukis
2. Ohio Supreme Court: Dismissal Without Prejudice Is a Final and Appealable Order, by Dale Chappell
3. The Fair Punishment Project Details an “Epidemic of Brady Violations”, by Christopher Zoukis
4. Misdemeanor Defendants Facing Jail Time Not Told They Have a Right to Counsel, Bar Association Finds, by Topher Sanders
5. Cryptocurrency Leveraged to Help People Make Bail, by Derek Gilna
6. What Is the Number One Duty of a Police Officer?, by Christopher Zoukis
7. Deaths From Police Shootings Outstrip Deaths From Terrorists Attacks, Wars, by Derek Gilna
8. Massachusetts Breathalyzer Malfunctions, Evidence Withheld
9. Fifth Circuit Vacates Sex Offender Supervised Release Conditions, by Mark Wilson
10. Eighth Circuit Reverses Convictions Due to Constructive Amendment of Charges, by Mark Wilson
11. Louisiana Prosecutors’ Traffic Ticket Industry Diverting Funds From Public Defenders, by David Reutter
12. “My Phone Was My Life”—Challenging Warrantless Border Searches of Devices, by Dale Chappell
13. Fourth Circuit Vacates Brady Claim Denial in Capital Case and Rebukes Prosecutors, by Richard Resch
14. 10th Circuit Suppresses Evidence Based on Overbroad Protective Sweep Under Buie, by Richard Resch
15. Georgia Hearsay Admissible Under Co-Conspirator Exception, by Mark Wilson
16. Kentucky Supreme Court Clarifies Adoptive Admission Exception to Hearsay Rule, by Christopher Zoukis
17. Colorado Supreme Court: Criminal Defendant Seeking to Fire Paid, Retained Counsel for Court-Appointed Counsel Need Not Show Good Cause, by Christopher Zoukis
18. North Dakota Supreme Court: Warrantless Urine Test Incident to Arrest for DUI Is Unconstitutional Search, by David Reutter
19. Compensating the Exonerated: State Laws Are Arbitrary and Senseless, by Christopher Zoukis
20. Oregon Court Vacates Order Refusing to Seal Arrest Record, by Mark Wilson
21. Vermont Guilty Plea Requires Defendant to Personally Acknowledge Factual Basis for Each Element of the Offenses Charged, by Mark Wilson
22. More Than Half of 2015 Police Killings Not Properly Documented in Government Data, by Christopher Zoukis
23. Massachusetts High Court Vacates OUI Conviction for Improper Jury Instruction in Which Judge Told Jury to Disregard the Absence of Any Sobriety Tests, by Christopher Zoukis
24. 50 Alabama Cities Reform Bail Practices for Poor, by David Reutter
25. Eighth Circuit Upholds Warrantless Search of Cellphone Owned by Person on Supervised Release Due to Diminished Expectation of Privacy, by Mark Wilson
26. Government Attempt to Shoehorn Union Activity into Hobbs Act Violation Rejected by First Circuit, by Christopher Zoukis
27. 11th Circuit Rules Counsel Deficient for Failing to Challenge “Usable” Amount in Drug Case, by David Reutter
28. Washington Supreme Court Grants Full Evidentiary Hearing for Civilly Committed SVP, by Mark Wilson
29. In Historic Move, 15 Cases Related to Crooked Chicago Cop Thrown Out, by Christopher Zoukis
30. Oregon Supreme Court Rules Warrantless Entry Into Home in Effort to Obtain Nonconsensual BAC Evidence Not Exigent Circumstance, by Mark Wilson
31. Ohio Supreme Court Holds Exclusion of Evidence Inappropriate Remedy for Violation of Knock-And-Announce Principle Where Search Warrant Issued, by Mark Wilson
32. Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Armed Robbery Conviction, Defendant Lacked Dominion, by Dale Chappell
33. Oregon Court of Appeals Rules Defendant’s Motion to Suppress Satisfied Uniform Trial Court Rule 4.060(1)
34. The Insanity Defense: It’s Not What You Think, by Christopher Zoukis
35. Second Circuit: Arrest for Not Leaving Sidewalk Entitled to Qualified Immunity, by Mark Wilson
36. New York Court of Appeals: Criminal Trial Judge Cannot Also Be Sole Appellate Judge
37. $5.5 Million Verdict Against Los Angeles Police Department for Taser Death
38. Equivocal Request for Counsel Requires Police to Seek Clarification of Suspect’s Intent Under Oregon Law
39. Stingray Technology Lets G-Men Into Your Pocket (and Your House, and Your Car...), by Christopher Zoukis
40. Habeas Hints: Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel - Hints for 2018: IAC #1, by Tara Hoveland, Kent Russell
41. Confronting the Myth in Police-Suspect Knife Confrontations, by Derek Gilna
42. Yes, Lawsuits Are Expensive—But So Is Police Misconduct, by Antonio Romanucci
43. $44.7 Million Awarded to Man Shot by Intoxicated Chicago Police Officer With Troubled History, by Derek Gilna
44. District Attorney in New York and Aide Indicted for Covering up Beating by Police Chief, by Derek Gilna
45. From the Editor, by Richard Resch
46. Eighth Circuit: Illinois Burglary Conviction Not Valid Predicate Offense for ACCA Purposes
47. News in Brief
48. Have the Wars on Drugs and Terror Transformed the U.S. Into a Police State?, by Derek Gilna

More from Richard Resch:

• Special Digital Currencies Issue: 
Bitcoin and CBDCs What Is Bitcoin? The Answer to Government Surveillance 
and Control Through Money An Essential Introduction, Glossary of Multidisciplinary 
Terminology, and Colorful History, Aug. 15, 2025
• From the Editor, Aug. 15, 2025
• SCOTUS Announces Sentence ‘Has Not Been Imposed’ 
for Purposes of First Step Act Retroactivity Upon Resentencing When § 924(c) Offender Sentenced Prior to Act’s Enactment 
but Sentence Subsequently Vacated, Aug. 1, 2025
• SCOTUS Announces Courts May Not Consider 
§ 3553(a)(2)(A)—Retribution—When Deciding Whether 
to Revoke a Term of Supervised Release, Aug. 1, 2025
• Understanding Your Constitutional Rights in the 
‘100-Mile Border Zone’: A Primer for Non-Citizens in the United States When Confronted by Law Enforcement, July 1, 2025
• South Carolina Supreme Court Announces Traditional 
Four-Element Standard for When Person Has Right 
to Use Deadly Force in Self-Defense Not Applicable 
to Non-Deadly Force Self-Defense Analysis, May 15, 2025
• SCOTUS Announces Only ‘False’ Statements Made to FDIC 
Are Criminalized Under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, Not Statements 
That Are ‘Misleading’ but True, May 15, 2025
• 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

More from these topics:

• Connecticut Supreme Court Announces Teague’s ‘Watershed’ Rule Exception to Nonretroactivity of New Constitutional Rule of Criminal Procedure on Collateral Review Has ‘Continued Vitality’ in Connecticut, Adoption of Third Exception to Teague’s Nonretroacti, April 15, 2025. Retroactivity, Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Eyewitness Identification.
• Kentucky Supreme Court Clarifies When Lesser-Included Offense Instruction Must Be Provided, Reverses Convictions Based on Trial Court’s Failure to Properly Instruct Jury, Dec. 15, 2023. Jury Instructions, Criminal Procedure, Fair Trial, Verdicts.
• Mississippi Supreme Court: Cannot Declare Mistrial on All Counts After Jury’s Acquittal on Some Counts, Nov. 15, 2020. Criminal Procedure, Fifth Amendment.
• D.C. Circuit Holds Attempted Drug Offenses Do Not Count Toward Career Criminal Designation, April 12, 2019. War on Drugs, Criminal Procedure.
• SCOTUS: Florida’s Robbery Statute Satisfies Physical Force Requirement of Armed Career Criminal Act, Feb. 14, 2019. Criminal Procedure.
• N.Y. Court of Appeals Announces When Trial Commences for Timeliness of Pro Se Requests, Jan. 17, 2019. Appeals, Criminal Procedure.
• Seventh Circuit: Procedural Error Occurs When Miscount of Prior Convictions Basis for Sentence, Resentencing Required, Dec. 21, 2018. Sentencing, Criminal Procedure.
• Michigan Supreme Court Announces New Rule for Appointing Expert Witness for Indigent Defendants, No Longer Left to Trial Judge’s Discretion, Dec. 5, 2018. Judiciary, Indigent Defense, Expert Witnesses, Criminal Procedure.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Reverses Conviction for Improper Lesser-Included-Offense Determination, Dec. 4, 2018. Criminal Prosecution, Criminal Procedure.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds FTA Does Not Affect Independent Speedy Trial Violation by Prosecutor, Nov. 28, 2018. Criminal Procedure.