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How AI Integration Used by Law Enforcement Fails the Public
Article • February 1, 2026 • from CLN March, 2026
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, False Arrest, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of
How AI Integration Used by Law Enforcement Fails the Public by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A recent incident in Utah highlights a growing and problematic trend in law enforcement: the adoption of artificial intelligence to automate essential administrative duties. In Heber City, the police department recently faced …
Utah Supreme Court Announces Framework for Analyzing Combined Brady and Napue Violations, Affirms Postconviction Relief in Capital Murder Case
Article • January 1, 2026 • from CLN February, 2026
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Constructive/Imputed/Presumed knowledge, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues
Utah Supreme Court Announces Framework for Analyzing Combined Brady and Napue Violations, Affirms Postconviction Relief in Capital Murder Case by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case involving an issue of first impression in Utah, the Supreme Court of Utah adopted a two-step analytical framework for evaluating prejudice when …
News in Brief
Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025
Filed under: Assault by Police, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Stun Guns/Tasers, Immigration, False Arrest, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of
News in Brief by Alabama: Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith faces six misdemeanor counts after a grand jury indicted him on May 30, 2025, for knowingly employing uncertified personnel. WBRC in Birmingham reported that Smith’s second-in-command, Chief Deputy Ralph Williams, was also indicted on one count of providing false or …
Bipartisan Legislative Wins in Virginia and Utah Expand 
Job Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
Filed under: Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, jobs
Bipartisan Legislative Wins in Virginia and Utah Expand Job Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals by Jo Ellen Nott In a positive step advancing fair-chance policy for formerly incarcerated individuals, Virginia and Utah both signed policies into law in March 2025 that will help dismantle barriers faced by people with criminal …
News in Brief
Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On March 31, 2025, in State of Alabama v. Mac Marquette, Morgan County Circuit Judge Charles Elliott denied former Decatur Police Department officer Marquette’s motion for self-defense immunity in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins. According to the Associate Press, the denial depended legally on …
News in Brief
Article • February 1, 2025 • from CLN February, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Phoenix resident Penny McCarthy, 66, endured a terrifying ordeal after United States Marshals arrested her at gunpoint in her home, mistaking her for a fugitive, according to KNXV. Body camera footage shows officers refusing to confirm her identity despite McCarthy repeatedly asking them. “I truly …
New Research on Predictive Models for Pediatric Head Injuries
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Filed under: Forensic Sciences
New Research on Predictive Models for Pediatric Head Injuries by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott   Differentiating accidental falls from child abuse in young children poses a significant challenge for professionals who work these cases. Child abuse cases are some of the most challenging for prosecutors, law enforcement …
Porter v. Daggett County, UT, Verdict, Conditions of Confinement, 2024
Brief • April 23, 2024
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement
Porter v. Daggett County, UT, Verdict, Conditions of Confinement, 2024 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7232 Page 1 of 7 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7233 Page 2 of 7 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7234 Page 3 of 7 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7235 …
Porter v. Daggett, UT, Verdict, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 2024
Brief • April 23, 2024
Filed under: Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Punishment
Porter v. Daggett, UT, Verdict, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 2024 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7232 Page 1 of 7 THE UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT DISTRJCT OF UTAH DUSTIN LAW PORTER, STEVEN DROLLETTE, JOSHUA ASAY, and JOSHUA OLSEN, SPECIAL VERDICT FORM Case No. 2:18-cv-00389-DBB Plaintiffs, District Judge David Barlow …
Utah Supreme Court Announces Communication of Cellphone Passcode Protected by Fifth Amendment and Rules Advising Jury of Defendant’s Refusal to Disclose Passcode Violates Privilege Against Compelled S...
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
Filed under: Fifth Amendment, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Non-Testimonial, Self-Incrimination Clause, Invocation of Rights
Utah Supreme Court Announces Communication of Cellphone Passcode Protected by Fifth Amendment and Rules Advising Jury of Defendant’s Refusal to Disclose Passcode Violates Privilege Against Compelled Self-Incrimination by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Utah held that production of a …
Tenth Circuit Reminds Cops That Conducting a Traffic Stop to Flirt With Motorist Is Not Okay
Article • January 20, 2023
Filed under: Harassment by Police, Traffic stop
Tenth Circuit Reminds Cops That Conducting a Traffic Stop to Flirt With Motorist Is Not Okay by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In December, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit revisited the 2020 decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in …
News in Brief
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WBMA in Birmingham reported that a former probation officer in Fayette County was convicted of sexual misconduct on Dec. 8, 2022. The former officer, Michael Steven Painter, 51, was found guilty on charges of using his office for personal gain and custodial sexual misconduct — …
News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2022 • from CLN November, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: A Mulberry police officer and two sheriff’s deputies from Crawford County were suspended after a video surfaced appearing to show them beating a man suspected of making violent threats. Maine Public Radio reported that the three officers were videoed by a bystander as they held …
Utah Supreme Court Explains Community Caretaker Exception to Warrant Requirement and Grants Motion to Suppress of Defendant Convicted of DUI Found Sleeping in Parked Car at 24-Hour Restaurant
Article • October 15, 2022 • from CLN November, 2022
Utah Supreme Court Explains Community Caretaker Exception to Warrant Requirement and Grants Motion to Suppress of Defendant Convicted of DUI Found Sleeping in Parked Car at 24-Hour Restaurant by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Utah explained the community caretaking exception to the warrant requirement and reversed …
Tenth Circuit Announces That After Borden An Offense That Can Be Committed ‘Recklessly’ Is Not Categorically a ‘Crime of Violence’ Under § 924(c)’s Elements Clause
Article • May 1, 2022
Filed under: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Labor Racketeering, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Tenth Circuit Announces That After Borden An Offense That Can Be Committed ‘Recklessly’ Is Not Categorically a ‘Crime of Violence’ Under § 924(c)’s Elements Clause by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In consolidated cases on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit …
News in Brief
Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: The family of a homeless and mentally ill man who died after being restrained by Phoenix cops in 2017 will get $5 million from the city, after a 7-2 city council vote in favor of the payment on November 17, 2021, according to a report …
Tenth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for Prosecutor Alleged to Have Fabricated Evidence, Despite no Previous Case with Materially Similar Facts
Article • October 15, 2021 • from CLN November, 2021
Filed under: Qualified Immunity, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of
Tenth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for Prosecutor Alleged to Have Fabricated Evidence, Despite no Previous Case with Materially Similar Facts by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah’s decision finding a prosecutor was …
Tenth Circuit: District Courts Have Authority to Decide What Constitutes ‘Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons’ for Compassionate Release After First Step Act
Article • June 15, 2021 • from CLN July, 2021
Filed under: First Step Act, Hardship - Extraordinary, Compassionate Release
Tenth Circuit: District Courts Have Authority to Decide What Constitutes ‘Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons’ for Compassionate Release After First Step Act by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case that received much attention in the compassionate release arena, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held on …
Utah Legislative Auditor General - Performance Audit of Healthcare in State Prisons
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Inadequate Health Care Facilities
Utah Legislative Auditor General - Performance Audit of Healthcare in State Prisons REPORT TO THE UTAH LEGISLATURE Number 2021-17 A Performance Audit of Healthcare in State Prisons December 2021 Office of the LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR GENERAL State of Utah STATE OF UTAH Office of the Legislative Auditor General 315 HOUSE BUILDING …
Utah Supreme Court: Appeal of Plea in Justice Court Doesn’t Vacate Judgment
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: Default Judgments, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas
Utah Supreme Court: Appeal of Plea in Justice Court Doesn’t Vacate Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Utah held that under Utah Code § 78A-7-118(3) “a criminal defendant’s appeal of a guilty plea made in justice court does not void that court’s conviction, sentence, …
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