More from this issue:

1. Stinging Back: Resisting Government Surveillance of Cellphones, by Anthony Accurso
2. Seventh Circuit Announces Safety Valve Relief Under § 3553(f) Is Narrower Than Guidelines Firearms Enhancement Under § 2D1.1(b)(1), District Court Erred by Conflating Them, by Douglas Ankney
3. Cellular Roaming’s Inadequate Security, by Michael Thompson
4. Tech Monopolies Prevent Effective Privacy Laws in the U.S., by Anthony Accurso
5. California AB 2773 Requires Police to State Reason for Traffic Stops Before Questioning, by Jo Ellen Nott
6. Fourth Circuit: Maryland’s First-Degree Assault Statute Is Indivisible so Conviction Is Not an ACCA Predicate for Sentencing Enhancement Purposes, by Douglas Ankney
7. Report Finds Bad Forensic Evidence Leads to More Wrongful Convictions and Establishes Forensic Errors Typology, by Matthew Clarke
8. Washington Supreme Court: Nonexceptional Consecutive Terms of ‘Community Custody’ May Not Exceed Aggregate Term of 24 Months, by Sam Rutherford
9. SCOTUS: Reiterates Jury Verdict of Acquittal for Any Reason Bars Retrial Under Double Jeopardy Clause of Fifth Amendment, by Richard Resch
10. FBI Visit to Oklahoma Woman in Response to Social Media Post Sparks Debate on Free Speech, by Jo Ellen Nott
11. California Court of Appeal: Petitioner Has Constitutional Right to Be Present at Evidentiary Hearing Under Felony Murder Resentencing Law, by David Reutter
12. De-Identified Is Not Anonymous, by Michael Thompson
13. The Police Have a Dark Money Slush Fund, by Katya Schwenk
14. Police Body Cameras, A Decade Later, by Anthony Accurso
15. Criminal Justice Reform Becoming a Corporate Priority, by David Reutter
16. Tenth Circuit: Plea Not Knowing and Voluntary Where Plea Counsel Materially Misrepresented Defendant’s Right to Impartial Jury Selected Through Racially Nondiscriminatory Means, by Douglas Ankney
17. More Facial Recognition Failures, by Michael Thompson
18. California Supreme Court: Jury’s Finding of Intent to Kill for Gang Enhancement, Standing Alone, Insufficient to Find Prisoner Failed to State a Prima Facie Case in § 1172.6 Petition for Resentencing on First-Degree Murder Conviction, by Douglas Ankney
19. Non-Toxic Fluorescent Spray Reveals Fingerprints in Seconds, by Douglas Ankney
20. Use of Solitary Confinement on the Rise in ICE Facilities, by Anthony Accurso
21. New York Court of Appeals: SORA Designation Violates Defendant’s Due Process Rights Where Crime Involved No Sexual Contact or Motivation and Defendant Was Not a Sex Offender and Posed No Risk of Sexual Threat, by Douglas Ankney
22. New Data From BOP Reveals Technical Violations Account for Nearly a Third of First Step Act Recidivism, by Jo Ellen Nott
23. Retraction: ‘Federal Habeas Corpus: The Savings Clause Remedy for Federal Prisoners’ by Dale Chappell
24. The Death of the Savings Clause, by Dale Chappell
25. First Circuit: Defendant’s Statement ‘I guess I’ll wait until I have a lawyer’ Is Unequivocal Invocation of Right to Counsel, by Sam Rutherford
26. Facial Recognition’s Distorted View, by Michael Thompson
27. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces Defendants Under Age 21 Ineligible for LWOP Sentences, by Douglas Ankney
28. New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Extension of Eyewitness Identification Safeguards of Henderson to Pretrial Preparation Sessions and Provides Framework for Showing Photos During Pretrial Phase, by Douglas Ankney
29. Robotic Police Dogs Being Adopted Across the Country, by Michael Thompson
30. Ninth Circuit Announces Adoption of ‘Premises Rule’ for Co-Tenant Consent-to-Search Analysis, Holds Co-Tenant’s Consent Invalid Where Defendant Instructed Co-Tenant Not to Allow Police Entry in Their Presence, by Sam Rutherford
31. Sixth Circuit Announces Untimely Notice of Appeal That Provides Reason for Tardiness May Be Construed as Motion to Reopen, by Douglas Ankney
32. Googling Your Privacy, by Michael Thompson
33. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• The Death of the Savings Clause, May 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding Second or Successive Petitions for State Prisoners, April 15, 2024. Resources, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Seventh Circuit Orders District Court to Hold Evidentiary Hearing Where Record Insufficient to Permit Review of State Prisoner’s Section 2254 Habeas Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, March 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Sentence and Judgement, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise.
• Oregon Supreme Court Announces ‘Escape Clause’ of Postconviction Relief Statute’s SOL Applies to Severe Mental Impairments During Limitations Period, March 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging, Civil Commitment, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
• Third Circuit: Defense Counsel Ineffective Under Strickland Where Counsel Sat Silent After Judge Threatened to Charge Witness With Perjury Unless Testimony Changed, Feb. 15, 2024. AEDPA, False Statements/Perjury, Strickland Standard, Strickland v. Washington, Failure to Object/Late Objections.
• Fifth Circuit Affirms Habeas Relief Granted to Capital Defendant Where Counsel Failed to Impeach State’s Pivotal Wit-ness with Available Forensic Evidence, Jan. 15, 2024. AEDPA, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Counsel - Effective Assistance of, Strickland Standard, Identification Documents/Evidence, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise, Trial Strategy, Strickland v. Washington.
• U.S. Supreme Court Apparently Prioritizes Ideology Over Guilt or Innocence, Jan. 15, 2024. AEDPA, Procedural Default/Error, Proving Cause, Capital Cases, Procedural Error, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Counsel - Right to, Counsel - Effective Assistance of, Strickland Standard, Per se ineffectiveness, Right to Counsel.
• Fourth Circuit: Evidentiary Hearing Required Where Prisoner’s Allegation of Mental Illness, if True, Is Sufficient to Demonstrate ‘Extraordinary Circumstances’ Warranting Both Rule 60(b)(6) Relief and Tolling of Habeas SOL, Jan. 15, 2024. New Trial Motions, AEDPA, Mental Health, Statutes of Limitation and Laches, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
• Virginia Prisoner Wins Habeas Release on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim, Oct. 15, 2023. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.
• U.S. Supreme Court Announces § 2255(e)’s ‘Saving Clause’ Does Not Enable Prisoners to File § 2241 Petition Based on AEDPA’s Rule Against Second or Successive § 2255 Motions, Oct. 1, 2023. New Trial Motions, AEDPA.