More from this issue:

1. Courts Have Made Social Media a Landmine for Defendants. Could It Change Soon?, by Steve Horn
2. $600,000 Awarded Missouri Man in Legal Malpractice Verdict After 17 Years in Prison
3. Denver Under Fire For Law That Critics Describe as Legalized ‘Car Stealing’, by Derek Gilna
4. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Search Warrant Required for Nonconsensual Entry into Any Residence to Carry Out Arrest Warrant, by Richard Resch
5. Mississippi Supreme Court Clarifies that Appellate Courts Never Serve as ‘13th Juror’ for Motion for New Trial, by David Reutter
6. New Mexico Supreme Court: Seriousness of Charged Crime Itself Not Sufficient to Deny Defendant Pretrial Release, by Dale Chappell
7. #Policetoo: 35 States Allow ‘Consensual’ Sex Between Police and Detainees, by Christopher Zoukis
8. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces ‘Finality’ Under Sentence Enhancement Provision for Out-of-State Convictions Governed by Texas Law, by Dale Chappell
9. Durham, North Carolina, Opts Out of Military-Style Training for Police, by Christopher Zoukis
10. Seventh Circuit Affirms Suppression of Evidence Because Traffic Stop Unreasonably Prolonged, by Christopher Zoukis
11. Montana Supreme Court Holds Failure to Instruct Jury on State’s Burden of Proof is Plain Error, by Dale Chappell
12. Utah Supreme Court: Procedural Due Process Violated Where Failure to Participate in Sex Offender Treatment Program Used to Deny Parole to Prisoner Not Convicted of Sex Offense, by David Reutter
13. Eleventh Circuit Holds Florida Drug Trafficking Statute Indivisible and Overbroad for Removal Under Immigration and Nationality Act, by Dale Chappell
14. Biased Facial Recognition Systems Are Coming to a Law Enforcement Agency Near You, by Christopher Zoukis
15. Washington Supreme Court: Nexus Between Property Searched and Probation Violation Required for Warrantless Search of Probationer’s Property, by Dale Chappell
16. Missouri High Court Holds Checkbox-Style Search Warrant Constitutes an Unconstitutional General Warrant, by Dale Chappell
17. $1 Million Paid by NYC to Settle False Arrest Claim
18. Government Eyes Are Watching You: We Are All Prisoners of the Surveillance State, by John W. Whitehead
19. Kansas Supreme Court: Judge’s ‘Thwarting’ of Defendant’s Right to Self-Representation was Structural Error Requiring Reversal of Convictions, by Dale Chappell
20. New Jersey Supreme Court: Substantive Error to Amend Indictment to Change Degree of Felony on Eve of Trial, by Matthew Clarke
21. Seattle to Toss Old Pot Convictions
22. Missouri Supreme Court Clarifies No Resisting Arrest Charge Once Arrest is Completed, by Dale Chappell
23. Fifth Circuit Grants § 2255 Petition Challenging Failure to Register Conviction for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, by Christopher Zoukis
24. FBI Data Reveal ‘War on Cops’ is Nonexistent, by Dale Chappell
25. South Carolina Supreme Court Clarifies When Court Can Deny Right to Self-Representation; Orders New Trial, by Dale Chappell
26. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Vacates Intellectually Disabled Prisoner’s Death Sentence, by Christopher Zoukis
27. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces New Rule to Allow IAC Claims for Fine-Only Sentences, by Dale Chappell
28. Ninth Circuit: Younger Abstention Not Appropriate in Habeas Case Challenging Lack of Constitutionally Sufficient Bail Hearing, by Christopher Zoukis
29. Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Criminally Negligent Homicide Because Conduct was ‘Too Remote’ from Cause of Death, by Dale Chappell
30. Is FBI Using Classified Tools for Everyday Investigations?, by Christopher Zoukis
31. Legally Thrown in Jail for Wanting to File a Complaint Against Police
32. District Court Grants Bail in a Drug Case Over Government’s Typical Assertion That ‘No Condition or Combination of Conditions Would Reasonably Assure the Defendant’s Presence at Trial’
33. Powerful District Attorney Lobbies Improperly Influence Law Making, by Matthew Clarke
34. NYPD Hands Out Business Cards So Suspects Can Rate Their Encounter with Cops
35. State Attorney in Vermont Won’t Prosecute Misdemeanor Opioid Treatment Drug Cases, by Betty Nelander
36. News in Brief
37. Ninth Circuit Rules Weekends in Jail Count as Time ‘In Prison’, by Dale Chappell
38. The Long, Dark History of Law Enforcement’s Warrantless Bus Searches, by Steve Horn
39. Louisiana Supreme Court: Jury May Not Speculate on Guilt When Evidence Is Lacking, by Dale Chappell
40. Risk Assessment Software: Biased and No Better Than Human Behavior Prediction, by Christopher Zoukis
41. Daily Caller Investigation Lays Opiate Crisis at Feet of DEA, by Derek Gilna
42. SCOTUS: Warrantless Invasion of Curtilage to Conduct Search Unconstitutional, by Richard Resch
43. Dial T for Tyranny: While America Feuds, the Police State Shifts Into High Gear, by John W. Whitehead
44. Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Give Prosecutors ‘Awesome Power’ and Have Racist Roots, by Dale Chappell

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:

• California Supreme Court: Presence in High Crime Area and Desire to Avoid Contact With Police Does Not Amount to Reasonable Suspicion Justifying Detention for Suspected Criminal Activity, Aug. 1, 2024. Fourth Amendment, rights, Suspicionless Searches.
• Harris County, Texas, Settles Civil Rights Case for $1.5 Million Brought by Innocent Man Shot in His Home Five Times by Trigger-Happy Deputy, Feb. 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Excessive Force (Police), Fourth Amendment, rights, Police/Govt Misconduct, Monell Liability, Fourth Amendment.
• Fifth Circuit: Placing Jacket Within Fenced-In Area of Home in Presence of Police Evidences Clear Intent Not to Abandon It, Warrantless Search Violates Fourth Amendment Rights, June 15, 2023. Fourth Amendment, rights, Warrantless Searches, Searches - Home/Curtilage, Specific Intent.
• Fourth Amendment Loopholes and the PATRIOT Act’s Legacy, Sept. 15, 2022. Fourth Amendment, rights, Patriot Act, USA Patriot Act.
• Prison Visitors Have Fourth Amendment Right to Refuse Strip Search and Option to Leave Prison, Dec. 1, 2021. Strip Searches, Visitor Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights.
• Revocation Nation: Reincarceration for Technical Parole Violations in the Age of COVID-19, Nov. 15, 2020. Fourth Amendment, rights, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Revocation Proceedings.
• Fourth Circuit: Opening of Detainee’s Legal Mail Outside His Presence Violates Right to Free Speech, Nov. 1, 2020. Legal Mail, Fourth Amendment, rights, Sixth Amendment.
• Fourth Circuit Requests Further Information on Stingray Device to Determine Whether It Violates Fourth Amendment Rights, July 15, 2020. Fourth Amendment, rights, Stingray.
• Carpenter Slowly Remaking Fourth Amendment Case Law, June 15, 2020. Fourth Amendment, rights, Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data.
• New Orleans Sheriff’s Office Tracked Cellphones Absent Warrants, March 18, 2020. Search warrants, Police, Fourth Amendment, rights.