More from this issue:

1. Police State: From Social Justice to Social Dominance, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
2. Sixth Circuit Vacates Firearms Possession Conviction; Government Showed Jury Unauthenticated Prejudicial Facebook Video Not Admitted as Evidence, by Matthew Clarke
3. Tenth Circuit: Deputy ‘Trying to Help’ Doesn’t Make Search Permissible Under Community Caretaking Exception to Warrant Requirement, by Douglas Ankney
4. Attacking the Guilty Plea: Establishing Prejudice in the Guilty Plea Context, by Dale Chappell
5. Report Finds NYPD Officers Accidentally Deploy Tasers 25% of the Time, by Douglas Ankney
6. California Supreme Court: § 459.5(b) Prohibits Charging Shoplifting and Theft for Same Property, by Douglas Ankney
7. Fourth Circuit: IAC for Counsel’s Bad Advice That Open Plea Would Allow Appeal Denial of Motion to Suppress, by Dale Chappell
8. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: GPS Monitoring Unreasonable When It Doesn’t Further Any Governmental Interest, by Douglas Ankney
9. D.C. Circuit Reverses Nearly 50-Year-Old Murder Conviction Over Faulty Hair Evidence, by Dale Chappell
10. Minnesota Supreme Court: Non-Identifying Information About CI Must Be Disclosed Upon Request, by Anthony Accurso
11. Michigan Supreme Court Announces Court Must Inform Defendant of Consecutive Sentencing Authority When Accepting Plea, by David Reutter
12. Massachusetts Supreme Court: Officer’s Handling of Cellphone Exceeded Scope of Inventory Search, by Anthony Accurso
13. Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of Motion to Suppress Because Police Lacked Reasonable Suspicion to Frisk, by Douglas Ankney
14. FOIA Redaction Limbo: How Low They Will Go, by Edward Lyon
15. U.S. District Court Chooses Judicial Remedy, Instead of § 2255, to Allow Out-of-Time Appeal, by Dale Chappell
16. California Court of Appeal: Trial Court Abused Discretion Denying Compassionate Release Where Statutory Criteria Are Met, by Dale Chappell
17. Colorado Supreme Court: Warrant Allowing General Search of Cellphone Unconstitutional Violation of Particularity Requirement, by Douglas Ankney
18. Eleventh Circuit Holds Georgia Terroristic Threats Conviction Overbroad for ACCA, by Dale Chappell
19. Policing is irrelevant for public safety — but these alternatives are proven to work, by Justin Podur/Independent Media Institute, AlterNet.com
20. Myth of Technology as an Equalizing Force in Criminal Justice, by Anthony Accurso
21. Kansas Supreme Court: District Court Failed to Apprise Defendant of Right to Jury Trial, by Douglas Ankney
22. Fourth Circuit Requests Further Information on Stingray Device to Determine Whether It Violates Fourth Amendment Rights, by Anthony Accurso
23. Oklahoma Enacts Jailhouse Informant Law, Joins Other States, by Dale Chappell
24. South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction Where State Presented Improper Testimony Regarding Trace DNA Evidence, by Douglas Ankney
25. Iowa Supreme Court Announces That ‘Good Cause’ in Newly Amended Appeals Statute Means ‘a Legally Sufficient Reason’, by Douglas Ankney
26. South Carolina Supreme Court: State Cannot Appeal Guilty Plea, by David Reutter
27. Two New Forensic DNA Standards Added to the OSAC Registry
28. Big Brother, as Well as Big Business, Are Tracking You: the Snitch in Your Own Pocket, Purse, or Belt Holder, by Edward Lyon
29. Neuroscience and Criminal Cases, by Jayson Hawkins
30. Maine Supreme Judicial Court Vacates Conviction on Double Jeopardy Grounds, by Douglas Ankney
31. Eighth Circuit Affirms Habeas Relief Decades After Conviction Because Prosecutor Destroyed Evidence Prior to Trial, by Dale Chappell
32. Eleventh Circuit Vacates Firearm Conviction Based on Rehaif, by Douglas Ankney
33. Washington Supreme Court: Defendant Detained for Search at Border Was ‘In Custody’ for Miranda Purposes, by Douglas Ankney
34. Never Convicted but Never Exonerated, Either, by Edward Lyon
35. Fourth Circuit: Erroneous Career Offender Sentence Correctable in First Step Act Resentencing, by Dale Chappell
36. Government Study Finds Facial Recognition Sorely Lacking in Accuracy, by Dale Chappell
37. Idaho Exoneree Fights for Wrongful Conviction Compensation, by Edward Lyon
38. Fifth Circuit Clarifies AEDPA Time Limit Tolling for Louisiana Prisoners Filing Federal Habeas Corpus, by Dale Chappell
39. Missouri Shows Indifference to Human Life by Proceeding with Execution Amid Pandemic, by Douglas Ankney
40. Dogs Can Detect One-Billionth of a Teaspoon of Gasoline, by Douglas Ankney
41. Fulton County Prosecutor in Georgia to Expunge MLK and Other Civil Rights Leaders’ Records, But not Everyone Agrees, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
42. Survey: California Cops Abusing Privacy Rights with Auto Plate Readers, by Jayson Hawkins
43. FBI Provides Fitness App in Exchange for Users’ GPS Coordinates, by Douglas Ankney
44. Strategies to Help Police Address Citizens With Special Needs, by Anthony Accurso
45. Devastating Consequences of Chicago Gang Database – And No Way to Be Removed, by Bill Barton
46. New Method to Determine Time of Death for Forensic Investigators, by Kevin Bliss
47. Using Doctor-Prescribed Marijuana Could Send Some People Back to Prison, by Douglas Ankney
48. Minnesota Lab Figures Out How to Tell Between Legal Hemp and Illegal Marijuana, by Dale Chappell
49. Unrest After Kentucky Cops Shoot Sleeping Black Woman to Death in Her Bed While Serving No-Knock Warrant, by Edward Lyon
50. Small Forensics Lab Finds Niche in Analyzing Tiniest Bits of Evidence, by Dale Chappell
51. $8 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Convicted and Imprisoned Missouri Man, by Kevin Bliss
52. Police Use of Robotic Technology Raises Civil Liberty Concerns, by Douglas Ankney
53. New York Police Act With Impunity During Protests, by Kevin Bliss
54. News in Brief

More from Anthony Accurso:

• Oregon Supreme Court Rules Police Questioning of Probationer in Probation Officer’s Secure Office Absent Miranda Warning Constitute ‘Compelling Circumstances’ and Suppresses Statements, June 15, 2024
• Stinging Back: Resisting Government Surveillance of Cellphones, May 15, 2024
• Tech Monopolies Prevent Effective Privacy Laws in the U.S., May 15, 2024
• Police Body Cameras, A Decade Later, May 15, 2024
• Use of Solitary Confinement on the Rise in ICE Facilities, May 15, 2024
• California Court of Appeal: Traffic Stop Prolonged for Drug Dog Sniff Search Unrelated to ‘Mission’ of Stop Violates Fourth Amendment, April 15, 2024
• Pharmacies Are Giving Your Prescription Data to Police Without a Warrant, April 15, 2024
• California Attorney General Issues Memo Prohibiting Out-of-State Sharing of ALPR Data, April 15, 2024
• 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, April 15, 2024
• The FBI’s Rapidly Expanding DNA Database, April 15, 2024

More from these topics:

• Stinging Back: Resisting Government Surveillance of Cellphones, May 15, 2024. Police State-Surveillance, Cell-Site-Location Records, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data, Cell Site Location Information ("CSLI"), Stingray, Electronic Surveillance.
• Does the Fourth Amendment Protect Cellphones at the Border?, April 15, 2024. Resources, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Searches - Border Stops/Searches, Level of Suspicion.
• 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, April 15, 2024. Fifth Amendment, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Non-Testimonial, Self-Incrimination Clause, Invocation of Rights.
• Cellebrite Asks Law Enforcement Clients to Keep Its Phone Hacking Tech Secret, April 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Cell Phone Access, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Cell-Phones.
• North Carolina Supreme Court: Outstanding Warrant for Driver Who Fled Accident Scene Does Not Authorize Inventory Search of Disabled Vehicle, March 15, 2024. Automobile Exception, Searches - Inventory, Automobile Searches/Seizures, Immediate Control, Searches - Automobile, Arrest - Search Incident to, Illegal Search.
• Geofence Warrants: The Mass Location Surveillance and Privacy Threat Created by Google May Be Eliminated by Its Creator, Feb. 15, 2024. Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data, Electronic Surveillance, Sealing, Application, Warrants - General Search, Digital Devices.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Odor of Marijuana Alone Emanating From Vehicle Insufficient for Probable Cause to Search Under Automobile Exception, Feb. 15, 2024. Probable/Proximate Cause, Searches - Automobile.
• Idaho Supreme Court Announces Adoption of ‘Primary Purpose’ Standard for Reviewing Police Decision to Impound Vehicles and Conduct Inventory Search to Prevent Pretextual Searches in Violation of Fourth Amendment, Feb. 15, 2024. Searches - Inventory, Searches - Automobile, Pretextual Stops.
• Study Reveals Important Details About iPhone’s Building Level Registration Reliability, Nov. 1, 2023. Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data, Electronic Surveillance.
• Ninth Circuit Explains Martinez ‘Cause’ and ‘Prejudice’ to Excuse Procedural Default in Federal Habeas Proceeding Where Claim of IAC in State Proceedings Was Procedurally Defaulted Due to Postconviction Counsel’s Failure to Timely Raise Claim, Nov. 1, 2023. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Probable/Proximate Cause, Prejudice - Potential for Undue, Timeliness.