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 Douglas Ankney:

• Community Supervision: America’s Hidden Wellspring to Mass Incarceration, Feb. 15, 2025
• Rikers Island Continues Long Practice of Denying Education to Young Adults, Feb. 15, 2025
• Monterey County Pays $1 Million to Settle Suit Over Detainee Suicide by Toilet Tissue; Wellpath Pays Another Undisclosed Sum, Feb. 15, 2025
• Sixth Circuit Revives Challenge by Kentucky Prisoner Left Three Weeks in “Rancid” Paper Undershorts, Feb. 15, 2025
• California Court of Appeal: Evidence Insufficient to Show Robbery Victim Moved ‘Substantial Distance’ to Support Simple Kidnapping Conviction and Amendments to § 186.22 Require Vacatur of Gang Enhancements, Feb. 15, 2025
• Fourth Circuit Revives Claims Against Virginia Jailers by Detainee They Allegedly Manhandled While Handcuffed, Feb. 15, 2025
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim Against Guard in Stabbing, Feb. 15, 2025
• Minnesota Supreme Court Announces No Duty to Retreat When Using Reasonable Force in Defense of Another and Provides Framework for Analyzing Such Claims, Feb. 1, 2025
• NIJ Partners With Doctor to Develop Better Screening Method to Detect and Identify Drugs Postmortem, Jan. 15, 2025
• Fines and Fees Destroy the Impoverished and Perpetuate Mass Incarceration, Jan. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Examining Pro-Prosecution Bias in the Judiciary: Unconscious Biases of a Prosecutorial Background, Feb. 15, 2025. Criminal Prosecution, Juror Bias, Impartial Jury.
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Trial Court Must Conduct Inquiry Whether Defendant Knowingly and Voluntarily Waived Right to Counsel at ‘Any Stage of a Case,’ Including Arraignment or Plea Hearing, Feb. 1, 2025. Counsel - Right to, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• Mississippi Supreme Court: Defendant’s Guilty Plea Not Knowing and Voluntary Because He Was Not Informed of His Habitual Offender Status, Dec. 1, 2024. Resentencing, De Facto Career Offender, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• Tenth Circuit: Counsel Advising Black Defendant No Minorities Would Be on Jury Is Material Misrepresentation About Right to Impartial Jury Rendering Guilty Plea Unknowing and Involuntary, Aug. 1, 2024. Juries - Fair and Impartial, Racial Bias Exception, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• First Circuit: Defendant Did Not Understand Consequences of Guilty Plea Because District Court and Counsel Led Him to Reasonably Believed Plea Agreement Would Result in Sentence Below Applicable Mandatory Minimum, June 15, 2024. Consequences of Plea, Awareness of Consequences, Credits, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• Vermont Supreme Court Announces Prejudice Determination for IAC Claim Based on Rejected Plea Offer Limited to Evidence Available at Time Plea Considered—Not Any Subsequent Evidence, April 15, 2024. Failure to Address/Advise Defendant, Consequences of Plea.
• Fourth Circuit: Defendant Entitled to Discovery and Evidentiary Hearing on § 2255 Petition to Withdraw Guilty Plea Because It Was Not Knowingly and Voluntarily Made, March 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Police/Govt Misconduct, Plea Bargaining, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• New Mexico Supreme Court Announces Trial Courts Retain Common Law Jurisdictional Authority to Correct Illegal Sentences, Allows Defendant to Withdraw Plea After Sentence Correction Involving Additional Parole Time, Nov. 1, 2023. Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• Fourth Circuit Announces Rehaif Applies to All § 922(g) Firearms-Possession Offenses and Applies Retroactively to Initial § 2255 Motions, June 15, 2023. Firearms Owners' Protection Act, Possession or Use of Firearms, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• Seventh Circuit Vacates Federal Drug Conspiracy Conviction Because District Court Failed to Ensure Defendant Understood ‘Agreement’ Element of Conspiracy and Failed to Ensure Factual Basis for Guilty Plea, April 15, 2023. Procedural Default/Error, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.