More from this issue:

1. Police Unions: Obstacles to Criminal Justice Reform and Police Accountability, by Douglas Ankney
2. Fourth Circuit Announces Discretionary Conditions of Supervision Must Be Orally Pronounced at Sentencing, by Anthony Accurso
3. Deal Presented by Kentucky Prosecutor Evidence of Effort to Smear Breonna Taylor, by Casey Bastian
4. Attacking the Guilty Plea: Waivers, Breaches, and Getting More Time After a Successful Challenge, by Dale Chappell
5. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Reckless Prosecutorial Misconduct Constitutes Overreaching Sufficient to Trigger Double Jeopardy Protections, by Douglas Ankney
6. The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment Showing Authoritarian Abuse Still Relevant Today, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
7. Powerful New Tool Reveals Federal Sentencing Problems, by Dale Chappell
8. Campaign Zero Advocates for Police Accountability, by Jayson Hawkins
9. Sixth Circuit Finds IAC for Failure to Raise ‘Clearly Foreshadowed’ Change in Law on Appeal, by Dale Chappell
10. Ninth Circuit: Use of Unconvicted Conduct Too Dissimilar to Charged Offense Violates Due Process, by Dale Chappell
11. Fifth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief Because Detective’s Testimony of Witness Identification of Defendant Violates Confrontation Clause, by Dale Chappell
12. Indiana Supreme Court Announces New Analytical Framework for Review of Substantive Double Jeopardy, Overruling Richardson, by Douglas Ankney
13. Idaho Supreme Court Announces False Rape Allegations May Be Admitted Regardless of When Made, by Anthony Accurso
14. Federal Judge Criticizes Qualified Immunity and Challenges SCOTUS to Abolish It, by Anthony Accurso
15. Fifth Circuit Reverses Conviction Based on Prejudicial Prosecutorial Misconduct, by Douglas Ankney
16. Arizona Supreme Court Declares Gang-Association Statute Unconstitutional, by Dale Chappell
17. Mississippi Supreme Court Vacates Capital Murder Conviction Obtained With Bite Mark Comparison Evidence, by Matthew Clarke
18. Eighth Circuit: Counsel Ineffective for Not Recognizing § 851 Enhancement Should Not Have Applied, by Anthony Accurso
19. First Circuit: Dangerousness of Machine Guns Not Justification for Above-Guidelines Sentence, by Dale Chappell
20. Eleventh Circuit: Time Served Adjustment Is Mandatory Under Sentencing Guidelines Even After Booker, by Matthew Clarke
21. Kansas Supreme Court Announces Residual Clause of Law Prohibiting Knife Possession by Felons Unconstitutionally Vague, by Anthony Accurso
22. Maryland Court of Appeals: Odor of Marijuana Alone Doesn’t Provide Probable Cause to Arrest and Search Person, by Anthony Accurso
23. Ninth Circuit: Mere Passage of Time Doesn’t Attenuate Evidence From Initial Constitutional Violation, by Douglas Ankney
24. California Court of Appeal: ‘Violent Victim Rule’ Doesn’t Require Defendant to Have Had Knowledge of Victim’s Propensity for Violence, by Douglas Ankney
25. N.J. Supreme Court Announces Defendant Has Right to Question Cooperating Witness About Plea Deal and Possible Sentence Exposure Even When Witness Faced Same Exposure as Defendant, by Douglas Ankney
26. Missouri Supreme Court: Circuit Court Erred in Excluding Expert Witness Testimony Regarding Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification, by Douglas Ankney
27. Seventh Circuit: Solo Masturbation Near Fully Clothed and Sleeping Child Does Not Constitute Production of Child Pornography, by Anthony Accurso
28. California Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction and Death Sentence Because Police Failed To Honor Defendant’s Request for Counsel, by Douglas Ankney
29. Fourth Circuit Expands First Step Act’s ‘Covered Offense’ to All of Section 841, by Dale Chappell
30. Wisconsin Supreme Court: Officers Wrongly Inventoried Vehicle for Towing, Requiring Suppression of Evidence, by Anthony Accurso
31. Sixth Circuit: Michigan Courts’ Procedure Allowing Appellate Counsel’s Withdrawal Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
32. Sixth Circuit Clarifies ‘Different Location’ in Robbery Guidelines Enhancement Commentary Requires More Than Herding Victims To Different Room, by Anthony Accurso
33. Fed Position on Pot Pushing Vets to Black Market, by Jayson Hawkins
34. Minnesota Supreme Court: Coercion Statute Unconstitutionally Overbroad, by Anthony Accurso
35. Less Lethal Munitions Still Deadly, by Edward Lyon
36. Is the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Ready to Investigate Arbery Cover-Up?, by Jayson Hawkins
37. Blue Lives Matter More: Georgia Introduces Hate Crime Bill Designed to Protect the Cops, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
38. Promises to Defund the Police Lead to Increase in Private Security Forces on City Streets, by Casey Bastian
39. The Danger of Police Dishonesty, by Jayson Hawkins
40. Interrogation Via Zoom: Policing in the Age of COVID, by Jayson Hawkins
41. DOJ Report: Massachusetts Narcotics Bureau Relied on Excessive Use of Force, by Kevin Bliss
42. Door Bells and Funeral Bells, by Douglas Ankney
43. Did Two Judges Violate Ethics in Florida Voting Rights Restoration Case?, by Casey Bastian
44. Kettles Are Used for Teas, Kettling is Used for People, by Edward Lyon
45. Government Treats Protesting Cities as Enemies of the State, by Kevin Bliss
46. News in Brief

More from Anthony Accurso:

• Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Louisiana Officials Who Forced Prisoner to Work with Broken Surgical Screws in Ankle, May 1, 2025
• Studies Link Incarceration with Lower Cancer Survival Rates—For Prisoner’s Partners, Too, May 1, 2025
• ACLU Sues BOP Over Failure to Implement First Step Act Release Credits, May 1, 2025
• Federal Government Circumventing Fourth Amendment by Buying Data From Data Brokers, April 15, 2025
• Crowdsourcing a Map to Track License Plate Surveillance, April 15, 2025
• D.C. Police Continue Heavy Investment in Social Media Monitoring, April 15, 2025
• $7.15 Million for Oklahoma Prisoner Exonerated After Nearly 50 Years, April 1, 2025
• North Carolina Reimburses Prisoner $2,500 for Law Books Destroyed by Guards, April 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit: No Exception to Due Diligence in Discovery Even for “Conclusive Evidence”, April 1, 2025
• $250,000 Settlement But No Charges After Alabama Guards Beat Prisoner To Death, April 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• Fourth Circuit: District Court Erred in Imposing ‘Managerial Role’ Enhancement Under Guidelines § 3B1.1(b) Without Making ‘Particularized Findings’ Regarding Scope of Criminal Activity and Number of Participants as Required by Guidelines §1B1.1, April 15, 2025. Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Joint Participant, Scope/Standard of Review.
• Fifth Circuit Announces Definition of ‘Controlled Substance’ in Effect at Time of Current Sentencing Applies for Purposes of Career-Offender Enhancement, Not Definition at Time of Prior Sentencings, March 15, 2025. Controlled Substances, Career Offenders, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.
• California Court of Appeal Vacates Sentence Where Trial Court Imposed Sentence Under ‘One Strike’ Enhancement Statute Enacted After Crimes Were Committed, March 15, 2025. Battered Child/Spouse Evidence, Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Sexual Abuse/Harrassment/Exploitation.
• California Court of Appeal: Evidence Insufficient to Show Robbery Victim Moved ‘Substantial Distance’ to Support Simple Kidnapping Conviction and Amendments to § 186.22 Require Vacatur of Gang Enhancements, Feb. 15, 2025. Prison Gangs, Kidnapping, Abduction or Unlawful Restraint, Insufficiency of the Evidence, Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Gang Membership.
• California Court of Appeal Strikes Prison Prior Enhancement for Invalid Predicate Offense Under § 1172.75 Despite Concurrently Served Valid Predicate, Feb. 1, 2025. Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Predicate Acts/Offenses, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
• Ninth Circuit Announces California Assault With Deadly Weapon Conviction Not ‘Crime of Violence’ for Career Offender Enhancement Under Sentencing Guidelines, Feb. 1, 2025. Career Offenders, Gun Laws/Crimes, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.
• Ninth Circuit Announces ‘Hate Crime’ Sentence Enhancement Under Guidelines § 3A1.1(a) Requires Finding Defendant Motivated by Hate or Animus, Feb. 1, 2025. Hate Crimes, Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Evidence - Admissibility.
• California Supreme Court Announces Uncharged and Unproven Offense-Specific Enhancements May Not Be Imposed Under § 1172.6(e) Resentencing, Dec. 1, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Resentencing, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.
• California Court of Appeal Announces Correct Legal Standard for Whether Dismissal of Sentence Enhancement Would ‘Endanger Public Safety’ Under § 1385(c)(2) Is Dangerousness at Time of Future Release, Not at Time of Resentencing Under SB 1393, Sept. 1, 2024. Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Computer Use Enhancement, Public Safety Exception, Presumption of Dangerousness.
• Federal Sentencing Guidelines Undergo Substantial Amendments, Jan. 15, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, First Step Act, Violence Against Women Act, Criminal History, Qualifying Offenses, Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Sexual Abuse/Harrassment/Exploitation, Sexual Exploitation of Minors, Federally Protected Rights, Sexual Conduct with Minors, Sentences - Authorized, Safety Valve, Acceptance of Responsibility, Preservation of Judicial Resources, Legal or Factual Challenges - assertion of.