More from this issue:

1. The Trial Penalty: How America Abandoned the Right to Trial, by Douglas Ankney
2. New Jersey Supreme Court: Parked Vehicle in Police Parking Lot Not Subject to Warrantless Search Under Automobile Exception Where None of the Exigencies Justifying Exception Under State Constitution Present, by Sagi Schwartzberg
3. Generative Suspicion: What Defense Lawyers Must Know About AI-Generated Police Reports, by Richard Resch
4. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Defendants on Appeal Bonds for Fine-Only Class C Misdemeanors Are “Restrained” for Purposes of Seeking Habeas Relief, by Matthew Clarke
5. New Infrared Light Research on Blow Fly Larvae Reveals Clues to Time of, by Jo Ellen Nott
6. First Circuit: District Court Abused Discretion by Sua Sponte Raising Statute of Limitations Defense to Habeas Petition After Respondents Had Intelligently “Waived” It by Being Aware of Availability but Failing to Assert It, by Douglas Ankney
7. ICE Amasses Mass Surveillance Arsenal Targeting U.S. Citizens and Protesters, by Jo Ellen Nott
8. Wyoming Supreme Court Announces Improper Comment on Defendant’s Right to Silence Is Per Se Prejudicial and Requires Reversal of Conviction, Overruling Precedent Requiring Prejudice Analysis in Such Cases, by Douglas Ankney
9. Eighth Circuit Announces § 2255 One-­Year Limitations Period Begins to Run in Deferred-­Restitution Criminal Case When Subsequent Amended Judgment Finalizes Amount, by Sagi Schwartzberg
10. Maine Supreme Judicial Court Announces Waiver of Privilege Against Compelled Self-­Incrimination Must Be “Clear and Unequivocal” Under Maine Constitution, Joining States That Provide Greater Protection Than Federal Standard, by David Kim
11. Third Circuit Announces “Commencement of the Instant Offense” in Guidelines § 4A1.2(e) Unambiguously Refers Only to Specific Offense of Conviction, Not Relevant Conduct, by David Kim
12. Kansas Supreme Court: Trial Court Erred by Admitting Evidence of Prior Crimes Without Proper Foundation Because State Failed to Prove Defendant Committed Those Crimes, by Sagi Schwartzberg
13. NEWS IN BRIEF

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Second Circuit Vacates Above-Guidelines Firearm-Trafficking Sentence Based on Failure to Assist Law Enforcement and Unexplained Reliance on Factors Already Included in Guidelines Range, Sept. 1, 2026
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Convictions, Holding Requirement That Defendant Testify Before Displaying Hand Tattoos Violates Fifth Amendment, Sept. 1, 2026
• Ohio Supreme Court Announces Postconviction DNA-Testing Orders Need Only Identify Statutory Reason to Satisfy R.C. 2953.73(D) “Reasons” Requirement, Sept. 1, 2026
• Idaho Legislature Moves to Hide Execution Protocol from Judicial Scrutiny, Sept. 1, 2026
• New Jersey Court Rules That Denial of Transgender Prisoner’s Transfer Request Violates Neither Discrimination Law nor Equal Protection Clause, Sept. 1, 2026
• Federal Court Upholds Consultants’ Finding that Oklahoma Is Not Honoring Its Consent Decree to Provide Mental Health Treatment, Sept. 1, 2026
• BOP Denies Providing Substandard Dialysis Treatment Despite Prisoners’ Deaths, Court Filings, Understaffing and Lack of Oversight, Sept. 1, 2026
• New Jersey Supreme Court Orders Plenary Hearing Before Special Adjudicator on Reliability of Fingerprint Evidence, Holding Century of Judicial Acceptance Did Not Satisfy Trial Court’s Gatekeeping Obligation Under N.J.R.E. 702, Aug. 1, 2026
• En Banc Eleventh Circuit Announces All Parents, Including Those Convicted of Child-Sex Offenses, Enjoy Fundamental Right to Live With Their Children, Holding Alabama Residency Prohibition Subject to Strict Scrutiny, Aug. 1, 2026
• Seventh Circuit Announces Courts May Examine Individual Officer’s Subjective Purpose When Assessing Whether Warrantless Administrative Inspection Was Pretextual, Holding Suppression Required Where Trooper’s Sole Motive for Stop Was Criminal Investigati, Aug. 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Fourth Circuit Denies Defendant Faced ‘Classic Penalty Situation’ During Polygraph Questioning While on Supervised Release, Sept. 1, 2023. Polygraphs, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Polygraph Evidence/Testing, Penalty for Going to Trial.
• Prosecutor’s Sentencing Message to Defendant: Insist on Trial, Pay with Your Liberty, July 15, 2022. Police State-Surveillance, Penalty for Going to Trial.
• U.S. v. Fry, No. 13-3502 (8th Cir.) (792 F.3d 884) (July 1, 2015) (Judge Steven M. Colloton), Sept. 28, 2015. Punch And Jurists, Penalty for Going to Trial.