More from this issue:

1. Deliberately Convicting the Innocent: Exonerations Expose the Criminal Justice System’s Callous Indifference Toward Official Misconduct, by Douglas Ankney
2. Tenth Circuit: District Courts Have Authority to Decide What Constitutes ‘Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons’ for Compassionate Release After First Step Act, by Dale Chappell
3. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Warrantless Arrest Designed to Elicit a Confession Constitutes Flagrant Misconduct Requiring Suppression of Confession, by Douglas Ankney
4. Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Failure to Object to Improper Jury Instruction and Curative Instruction by Court Containing ‘Freudian Slip’ Constitutes IAC, by Anthony Accurso
5. Federal Habeas Corpus: Discovery and Expanding the Record, by Dale Chappell
6. Illinois Supreme Court Announces Person Seeking Certificate of Innocence Need Only Prove Innocence of Originally Prosecuted Theory of Offense, not Every Conceivable Theory, by Matthew Clarke
7. An Ignoble Process How High-Pressure Tactics and Flawed Investigative Techniques Created a Miscarriage of Justice, by Casey Bastian
8. Inflation Increases Likelihood of Felony Theft Charges, by David Reutter
9. Report Shows Cellphone Searches Common, by Jayson Hawkins
10. Iowa Supreme Court: Successful Adjustment to Sex Offender Registry Requirements Not a Reason to Deny Modification, by David Reutter
11. California Court of Appeal: Defendant Cannot Be Convicted of Robbery and Kidnapping to Commit Robbery for Same Act, by Anthony Accurso
12. Alaska Supreme Court: ‘Set Aside’ Conviction From 1997 Is Not ‘Conviction’ Triggering Lifetime ASORA Registration, by Anthony Accurso
13. Discredited New York Police Detective’s False Testimony Causes the Dismissal of Close to 100 Drug Convictions, by Derek Gilna
14. Eleventh Circuit: Timely Filed Amended Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850 Motion Tolls AEDPA Clock, Rejects State’s Proposed 30-Day Limitations Period, by Dale Chappell
15. Ninth Circuit Joins Five Other Circuits in Holding § 1B1.13 Doesn’t Apply to Compassionate Release Motions by Prisoners, by Dale Chappell
16. Cancel Culture Nothing New to Those on Sex Offense Registries, by Sandy Rozek
17. North Carolina Governor Announces Formation of Juvenile Sentence Review Board, by Douglas Ankney
18. The Era of Punitive Excess The criminal justice system is marred by an overreliance on excessive punishment, by Bruce Western, Jeremy Travis
19. Tenth Circuit: Warrantless Search of Truck Driver’s Home Not Justified Solely by Connection to Alien Smuggling, by Anthony Accurso
20. Sixth Circuit: State Court Committed Constitutional Error in Applying Ohio Rules of Evidence 606(B) to Deny Right to Fair Trial, by Dale Chappell
21. Direct Collateral Review Creates Path Around AEDPA Hurdles for State Prisoners Seeking Postconviction Relief, by Dale Chappell
22. Maine Supreme Court: Counsel’s Introduction of Victim’s Video Interview with Police Was Not ‘Sound Trial Strategy,’ Constituted IAC, by Dale Chappell
23. D.C. Circuit: Conflicted Counsel During Habeas Proceeding Requires Appointment of Conflict-Free Counsel, by David Reutter
24. Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Conviction due to Double Jeopardy Violation Because of Mistrial Without Manifest Necessity in Initial Trial, by Matthew Clarke
25. Wyoming Supreme Court Abandons Alter Ego Rule in Relation to Defense-of-Another Claim, by Anthony Accurso
26. California Court of Appeal: § 3051’s Exclusion of One Strike Offenders from Youthful Offender Parole Hearings Violates Equal Protection, by Douglas Ankney
27. Seventh Circuit: Knowing and Intelligent Waiver of Miranda Rights Distinct and Separate Issue From Whether Statement Was Voluntary, by Douglas Ankney
28. Fifth Circuit: U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 Policy Statement Not Applicable to Prisoner’s Motion for Compassionate Release, by Douglas Ankney
29. Illinois Supreme Court: Motion to Suppress Statements Granted Where Police Prolonged Traffic Stop to Investigate Offenses Unrelated to the Stop, by Douglas Ankney
30. Baltimore and St. Louis ‘Shoot Down’ Spy Planes, by Douglas Ankney
31. First Circuit: Government’s Mention of Co-Defendant’s Guilty Plea Before Jury Was Confrontation Clause Violation Warranting New Trial, by Anthony Accurso
32. SCOTUS Reaffirms Habeas Court Must Consider Entire Record Before ‘Disturbing’ a State Criminal Judgment, by Dale Chappell
33. West Virginia Supreme Court: Emergency Protective Order Not De Facto Search Warrant, by Douglas Ankney
34. Report: U.S. Border Patrol Not Nearly as Nice as It Claims, by Edward Lyon
35. Potentially Deadly War Gas Deployed Against Black Lives Matter Protesters, by Matthew Clarke
36. Tenth Circuit Joins Other Circuits, Holds § 1B1.13 Does Not Apply to Compassionate Release Motions Filed by Prisoners, by Dale Chappell
37. Kentucky Supreme Court: Blood Test Refusal Inadmissible as Evidence in DUI Case Even to Explain Why Prosecution Has No Scientific Evidence of Intoxication, by Matthew Clarke
38. News in Brief

More from Douglas Ankney:

• US Marshalls Terminate Contract with GEO Snitch Camp at Queens NY Detention Facility, Sept. 1, 2021
• California Begins Transfer of Prisoners to Facilities Consistent with Prisoners’ Gender Identity, Sept. 1, 2021
• District Court Extends Armstrong Order to Five Additional California Prisons, Sept. 1, 2021
• Virginia Supreme Court Reverses Concealed Weapon Offense Because Statutory Exception Applied, Aug. 15, 2021
• Montana Supreme Court: Court Reporter’s Medical Emergency and Judge’s Distress Don’t Constitute Manifest Necessity for Declaring Mistrial, Retrial Violates Double Jeopardy, Aug. 15, 2021
• Arizona Supreme Court: Trial Court’s Failure to Protect Defendant’s Right to Conflict-Free Counsel May Be Raised on Direct Appeal 16 Massachusetts Supreme Court: Error to Exclude Expert Testimony on Significance of Tattoo to Support Claim of Self-Defense, Aug. 15, 2021
• Fourth Circuit Reverses ‘Abusive Language’ Conviction Where Government Failed to Offer Evidence That Racial Slur Tended to Cause Immediate Acts of Violence, Aug. 15, 2021
• California Court of Appeal: When Federal Court Finds Petitioner Satisfies Schlup Standard, Victim Compensation Board Must Recommend Payment of Claim Without Hearing, Aug. 15, 2021
• Atavistic South Carolinians Offer Option of Firing Squad to Condemned Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2021
• Sixth Circuit: District Court May Consider Disparity of Defendant’s Actual Sentence Compared With Sentence Under First Step Act When Additional Factors Present, Aug. 15, 2021

More from these topics:

• Michigan Moves to Restrict Shackling of Juveniles in Court, Aug. 4, 2021. Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Shackles.
• Decades of Data Link Juvenile Lead Exposure and Criminal Behavior, July 15, 2021. Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• Tennessee Juvenile Murderer’s Sentence Commuted, Jan. 1, 2021. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Resentencing, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• Sixth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment Against 14-Year-Old Mentally Ill Pretrial Detainee, Raped by Guard in Solitary, May 21, 2020. Sexual Assault, Medical, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• Sealed Records Open for View, April 15, 2020. State Legislation, Expungement/Removal, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• U.S. v. Miguel, No. 01-10538 (9th Cir.) (338 F.3d 995) (July 23, 2003) (Judge Thomas G. Nelson), July 1, 2003. Punch And Jurists, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.