More from this issue:

1. North Carolina Supreme Court Announces Harbison Applies When Defense Counsel Implies Defendant’s Guilt Without Prior Consent, by Douglas Ankney
2. Revocation Nation: Reincarceration for Technical Parole Violations in the Age of COVID-19, by Jean Trounstine
3. Federal Habeas Corpus: Time Limits for Filing, by Dale Chappell
4. First Circuit Announces Residual Clause of U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2) When Applied Pre-Booker Is Unconstitutional Under Johnson, by Douglas Ankney
5. Why Coroners Often Blame Police Killings on a Made-Up Medical Condition, by Samantha Michaels
6. Cincinnati Police Department Agrees to Audit of Its DNA Database, by Douglas Ankney
7. Fourth and Fifth Circuits Reopen Decades-Old Cases for Habeas Relief Due to Brady Violations, by Dale Chappell
8. Time to Curb Police Unions, by Bill Barton
9. Massachusetts Supreme Court: Brady Requires Disclosure of Exculpatory Material Revealed During Immunized Testimony Before Grand Jury, by Douglas Ankney
10. Eighth Circuit Vacates Sentence After District Judge 
Interfered With Plea Negotiations and Made Disparaging 
Remarks About Federal Judiciary, by Douglas Ankney
11. Mississippi Supreme Court: Cannot Declare Mistrial on All Counts After Jury’s Acquittal on Some Counts, by Anthony Accurso
12. California Court of Appeal Reverses Murder Conviction Because Superior Court Erred by Allowing Deceased’s Out-of-Court Statements Into Evidence, by Douglas Ankney
13. From the Editors
14. New Report Shows More Than Half of Wrongful Convictions Involved Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors, by Dale Chappell
15. Hawai’i Supreme Court Announces Admissibility of Third-Party Culpability Evidence Is Same Relevancy Test That’s Applied for Other Evidence, Superseding Rabellizsa, by Douglas Ankney
16. Seventh Circuit: Prior Conviction Under Overbroad State Drug Statute May Be Used in Career Criminal Enhancement But Not For Prior Drug Crimes Enhancement, by Matthew Clarke
17. Fifth Circuit: Consecutive Sentence for FTA Must Be Part of ‘Total Punishment,’ Not Merely a Stacked Sentence
18. Second Circuit: Nondescript Photo of Unidentified Black Male Insufficient Grounds to Conduct Investigatory Stop, by Anthony Accurso
19. Colorado Supreme Court: Felony DUI Conviction Requires ‘Mandatory Sentencing’ Triggering Right to Preliminary Hearing, by Anthony Accurso
20. Sixth Circuit Vacates First Step Act 
Resentencing Denial Where Court Failed 
to Consider Post-Sentencing Conduct, by Anthony Accurso
21. Montana Supreme Court: Renter’s Privacy Not Diminished By Landlord’s Probationary Status, by Anthony Accurso
22. Federal Judges Beginning to Reject Geofence Warrants, by Anthony Accurso
23. Fifth Circuit: Safety Valve Isn’t Up to the Government, by Dale Chappell
24. Maine Supreme Court: SORNA Ruled Ex Post Facto Punishment for Defendant, by Anthony Accurso
25. Seventh Circuit: Incompetent Advice to Reject Plea Offer Requires Evidentiary Hearing, by David M. Reutter
26. New Hampshire Supreme Court Announces Adoption of Lafler When Reviewing IAC Claims in Plea Bargain Cases, by Douglas Ankney
27. Colorado Supreme Court: Convictions for Murder and Attempted Murder Violate Double Jeopardy, by Douglas Ankney
28. Third Circuit Announces Resentencing Under First Step Act Requires Use of § 3553(a) Factors, by Dale Chappell
29. Kansas Supreme Court Reverses Conviction Where Trial Court Refused to Give Self-Defense Instruction, by Douglas Ankney
30. Ninth Circuit: California Conviction Under § 261.5(c) Not Predicate Offense For § 2252(b)(1) Enhancement, by Anthony Accurso
31. COVID-19 Has Profound Effect on Breadth and Scope of Law Enforcement Agencies, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
32. Sixth Circuit Vacates Sentence Where Upward Variance Based on Criminal History Had Little Bearing on Instant Offense, by Douglas Ankney
33. Washington Supreme Court Announces Prohibition Against Blanket Shackling Policies at Pretrial Proceedings, by Anthony Accurso
34. Second Circuit Announces Compassionate Release Motion by Prisoner Not Constrained by Outdated Guideline § 1B1.13, Application Note 1(D), by Dale Chappell
35. Colorado Supreme Court Holds Successfully Completed Deferred Judgment Does Not Count as Conviction Barring Relief From Sex Offender Registration, by Matthew Clarke
36. $12 Million Settlement Against Louisville, Kentucky, by Edward Lyon
37. Review Board Has No Power Over NYPD, by Kevin Bliss
38. Shielding Police Identities: A Law That Cuts Both Ways, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
39. Exodus of a Baker’s Dozen, by Edward Lyon
40. PBA Cards and the Problem with Police Discretion, by Jayson Hawkins
41. Proliferation of Police Drones Feeds Big Brother’s Need for Big Data, by Anthony Accurso
42. For-Profit Lexipol Takes Over Writing Departmental Policy for Public Safety, by Kevin Bliss
43. Thirty-Fourth Conviction Based on Bite Mark Forensics Overturned, by Kevin Bliss
44. Guilt by Google, by Jayson Hawkins
45. Technology and Police Reform, by Anthony Accurso
46. Would the Real Officer Friendly Please Stand Up?, by Casey Bastian
47. Government Enforcers Are Still Cops, by Jayson Hawkins
48. News in Brief

More from Edward Lyon:

• “There you go, Agent Orange!” Former South Carolina Sheriff Federally Indicted for Assaulting Jail Detainee, May 1, 2024
• Texas Prisons are Fire Traps, July 15, 2023
• The World’s Biggest Prison, July 15, 2023
• U.S. Prisoner Numbers Slowly Declining, June 15, 2023
• Civilian Police With Military Equipment, June 15, 2023
• California Easing Housing Hurdles for Released Prisoners, June 1, 2023
• Warden Ousted from Troubled Alabama Prison After DUI Arrest, May 1, 2023
• $20,000 Settlement for Ohio Prisoner’s Slip-and-Fall Injury, May 1, 2023
• $32,500 Medical Malpractice Award to Ohio Prisoner for Ripped-Out Catheter, May 1, 2023
• New York State’s Veterans Treatment Courts, April 15, 2023

More from these topics:

• $700,000 Paid by West Virginia for Jail Death, Claims Against Wexford Health Pending, Oct. 1, 2026. Wexford Health Services, Restraints, Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Deliberate Indifference.
• New Commission to Investigate Death and Abuse of 230 Black Children at Segregated Maryland Reformatory, Sept. 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Prison Labor, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons.
• Last of 11 Guards Sentenced in Death of New York Prisoner, Sept. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), False Statements/Perjury, Obstruction of Justice.
• Death of Seattle Detainee—Jailed Despite Not Being “Grounded in Reality”—Costs King County $3.5 Million Settlement, Aug. 1, 2026. Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Monell Liability.
• San Diego Guard Who Fatally Shot Fleeing Detainee Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison, July 1, 2026. Police Misconduct, Shootings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Police), Wrongful Use of Force.
• Two More Guards Face Prison Time for Messiah Nantwi Killing, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Sentencing, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Taser Use Doubled After Grand Jury Report on Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death, May 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Stun Guns/Tasers, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Staff Training.
• $10.3 Million Paid for Teen’s Death at Kansas Juvenile Detention Facility, April 1, 2026. Restraints, Qualified Immunity, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Wrongful Use of Force.
• Alabama’s Non-Solution to the Crisis Overtaking Its Prisons, April 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), False Statements, Testimony or Documents, False Statements/Perjury.
• Differing Judicial Outcomes for the New York Guards Who Killed Robert Brooks, Feb. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Pending Appeal/Sentencing.