More from this issue:

1. No-Knock Warrants Leave Trail of Terror, Property Damage, and Deaths, by David Reutter
2. A Primer on Overcriminalization, by David Reutter
3. Eighth Circuit Vacates Habeas Denial, Remands to Determine Whether ‘Martinez Exception’ Excused Procedural Default by State Prisoner, by Dale Chappell
4. Seventh Circuit: Federal Habeas Relief for State Prisoner Due to Counsel’s Failure to Raise No-Causation Defense, by Dale Chappell
5. Federal Habeas Corpus: Filing Procedures, by Dale Chappell
6. The Parole App Trap, by Jayson Hawkins
7. Fourth Circuit: Police Request for ID Outside Valid Terry Stop Unconstitutional, by Anthony Accurso
8. Seventh Circuit Vacates Sentence Where District Court Improperly Imposed Leadership Enhancement, by Douglas Ankney
9. New Jersey Police Union Contracts Laden With Financial Largesse, by Casey Bastian
10. D.C. Circuit Highlights Racial Disparity Concerns With First Step Act After District Court Erroneously Denies Relief, by Dale Chappell
11. D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences Firearms Examination Unit Under Fire, by Derek Gilna
12. Seventh Circuit Exercises Supervisory Powers in Reversing District Court’s Judgment Revoking Supervised Release, by Douglas Ankney
13. Seventh Circuit: District Court Retains Jurisdiction When Habeas Petitioner Moves to Prison Outside of District, by Dale Chappell
14. Iowa Supreme Court Announces Brady Standard Applies to Motion for New Trial Based on Withheld Exculpatory Medical Records, by Douglas Ankney
15. Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws Prompts Class Action Lawsuit, by Casey Bastian
16. Michigan State Police Reverse on Use of Messaging App That Can Evade FOIA Requests, by Douglas Ankney
17. Tech Company Enables Surveillance, by Jayson Hawkins
18. Wyoming Supreme Court: District Court Abused Discretion by Granting State’s Dismissal of Charges Without Prejudice and Refiling to Gain Tactical Advantage, Remands for Dismissal With Prejudice, by Douglas Ankney
19. Fourth Circuit: Employment Restriction for Supervised Release Overbroad and Impermissible Delegation of Power to Probation, by Dale Chappell
20. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Good Faith Exception Inapplicable to Unsworn Search Warrant, by Anthony Accurso
21. Arkansas Supreme Court: Unborn Child Not a ‘Person’ Under Sentencing Enhancement Scheme, by Anthony Accurso
22. New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Defendant Entitled to Source Code of Novel Probabilistic Genotyping Software Upon Showing of Particularized Need, by Douglas Ankney
23. Orwellian Fusion Centers Are Watching You, by Casey Bastian
24. Utah Supreme Court: Appeal of Plea in Justice Court Doesn’t Vacate Judgment, by David Reutter
25. California Court of Appeal: Prisoners Are Not Required to Serve ‘Thompson Terms’ After Grant of Parole Under Elderly Parole Program, by Douglas Ankney
26. North Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Embezzlement Convictions for Failure to Hold Competency Hearing After Mid-Trial Suicide Attempt, Involuntary Commitment, by Matthew Clarke
27. New York Court of Appeals Rejects Federal Jurisprudence Allowing Searches of Vehicles Based on Warrants Authorizing Searches of ‘Premises’, by Douglas Ankney
28. Surveillance and the City, by Jayson Hawkins
29. Fifth Circuit: Anonymous Tip Didn’t Provide Reasonable Suspicion to Conduct Investigatory Stop, by Douglas Ankney
30. Ohio Supreme Court: Imposing Two Punishments for One Quantity of Mixture of Heroin and Fentanyl Violates Double Jeopardy, by Douglas Ankney
31. Illinois Study: Crime Rate not Tied to Prison Population Levels, by Kevin Bliss
32. Ninth Circuit: State’s Forced Medication Order Was Properly Challenged Under Federal Habeas Corpus, by Dale Chappell
33. Tracking Browser History, by Jayson Hawkins
34. Ninth Circuit Announces Police Inserting Key in Car Door to Determine Vehicle Ownership Constitutes Search Overruling Circuit Precedent, by Anthony Accurso
35. All Bark but No Bite, by Douglas Ankney
36. Socially Unacceptable New York Cops, by Edward Lyon
37. News in Brief
38. New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Adoption of Framework for Evaluating Discovery Motions Challenging Warrant Affidavits Based on Unidentified Confidential Informants, by Douglas Ankney

More from Anthony Accurso:

• D.C. Circuit Holds Compelling Suspect to Unlock Cellphone With Thumbprint Is ‘Testimonial’ Act and Violates Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, Feb. 15, 2025
• $220,000 Settlement After Woman Dies in Ohio Jail From Drug Withdrawal, Feb. 15, 2025
• Colorado Supreme Court Holds Defendant Was in ‘Custody’ for Miranda Purposes Because She Had Hands Bagged and Zip Tied, Commanded Not to Remove Them, and Questioned Alone in Interrogation Room With Door Closed, Feb. 15, 2025
• First Circuit Holds No Emergency-Aid Exception to Warrant Requirement Where Police Have Information That Subject Is Already Deceased, Feb. 15, 2025
• Police Departments Are Now Using AI to Write Reports, Feb. 15, 2025
• Illinois Supreme Court Announces Odor of Burnt Cannabis Alone Is Insufficient to Establish Probable Cause for a Warrantless Vehicle Search, Feb. 1, 2025
• Mass Spectrometry Being Studied as Way to Analyze Overlapping or Weak Fingerprints, Feb. 1, 2025
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025
• Childhood Trauma Incidence Higher Among Those Incarcerated, Jan. 15, 2025
• Nevada Supreme Court Announces Incorporated Probable Cause Affidavit Cannot Broaden Scope of Warrant’s Description of Places and Persons to be Searched or Items to Be Seized, Dec. 1, 2024

More from these topics:

• Wisconsin Supreme Court: Officer Violated Fourth Amendment by Exceeding Scope of Community Caretaking Function During Traffic Stop, Nov. 1, 2024. Traffic Stops, Terry Stops.
• SCOTUS Announces Existence of Probable Cause for One Charge in Criminal Proceeding Does Not Categorically Defeat Fourth Amendment Malicious-Prosecution Claim Relating to Another Baseless Charge, Aug. 1, 2024. Probable/Proximate Cause, False Arrrest/Malicious Prosecution, Terry Stops.
• Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Police Training on How to Violate Constitutional Rights, April 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Police, Terry Stops, Suspicionless Searches.
• Fourth Circuit: Walking Past Unoccupied Home With Bulging Pocket and Attempting to Evade Neighborhood Tipster Insufficient for Reasonable Suspicion to Seize and Search, Feb. 15, 2024. Terry Stops, Pat Down Searches, No Suspicion of a Crime, Suspicionless Searches, Anonymous 911 Call.
• It’s Time for Jaywalking Laws to Take a Hike, March 16, 2023. Racial Discrimination, Settlements, Terry Stops.
• Fifth Circuit: District Court Erred in Finding That a Fourth Amendment Stop Did Not Occur, Jan. 15, 2023. Procedural Default/Error, Terry Stops.
• Kentucky Supreme Court: Officer’s History of Arresting Defendant on Multiple Occasions Constituted ‘Show of Authority’ That Defendant Was Not Free to Leave, Resulting in Unlawful Terry Stop, May 1, 2022. Police Misconduct, Terry Stops.
• $90,042.12 Awarded in Fees and Costs in Seattle Terry Stop Case, Oct. 20, 2020. Excessive Charges, Terry Stops.
• From Detroit: How Not to Use Facial Recognition in Policing, Sept. 15, 2020. witness misidentification, Racial Bias, Identification Evidence and Testimony.
• U.S. v. Goddard, No. 05-3080 (D.C. Cir.) (491 F.3d 457) (June 22, 2007) (Per Curiam), May 1, 2007. Punch And Jurists, Terry Stops.