by Douglas Ankney
According to microbiologists, every individual has a “unique community of microorganisms on and within their body.” These communities, known as “microbiomes,” consist of microbes “specific to different parts of the body, can persist over long periods of time and can be transferred to other people and to ...
by Douglas Ankney
On June 5, 2024, Plaintiff Yareni Rios-Gonzalez agreed to accept payment of $8.5 million from Defendants Town of Platteville, Colorado, and the City of Fort Lupton to settle her suit related to the injuries she suffered after police officers handcuffed her and left her unattended in a ...
by Douglas Ankney
In May of 2024, Shelly Bradbury reported in the Denver Post that “[a] handful of local law enforcement agencies are considering using drones as first responders, that is, send them in response to 911 calls as police departments across Colorado continue to widely embrace the use of ...
by Douglas Ankney
Judge Don Willett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Carlton Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi have authored opinions excoriating the doctrine of qualified immunity (“QI”). QI is a judicially created doctrine manufactured by the ...
by Douglas Ankney
According to the authors of a study from the University of New Mexico, “[n]onverbal behaviors (i.e., head dynamics) represent an important, yet understudied, form of communication that may enhance our ability to detect certain forms of psychopathology, including psychopathy.” A research team used an automated detection algorithm ...
by Douglas Ankney
The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, ruled that Jeremiah Paul’s conversation with Los Angeles Police Department Officer Charles Kumlander and Officer Helmkamp was not consensual based on the manner in which the officers approached Paul’s vehicle.
The following facts were taken from a hearing ...
by Douglas Ankney
On May 8, 2024, the Supreme Court of New Mexico revised the rules governing pretrial release. According to Artie Pepin, Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the revisions include:
People released while awaiting trial on any felony or on specified misdemeanors (e.g., driving while intoxicated; ...
by Douglas Ankney
Bruce Praet, cofounder of the company Lexipol, offers California cops some advice in one of his online training webinars: When notifying the family of a person the police have killed, obtain as much information as possible on the deceased before telling the family their loved one is ...
by Douglas Ankney
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit took the unusual step of ordering the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to hold an evidentiary hearing on state prisoner Khamal Fooks’ 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus.
Fooks pleaded guilty ...
by Douglas Ankney
The Supreme Court of Nevada held that district courts have no discretion to deny a motion to set aside the judgment of conviction under NRS 176A.240(6)(a) when filed by a defendant who meets the statutory requirements.
Christopher Kabew pleaded guilty to attempted residential burglary. The district court ...