Criminal Defense News Archive

• Video of police beating homeless man brings gasps in courtroom
• Prison Realignment and Public Safety: Interview with Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
• Woman Fired From Wells Fargo For Shoplifting 40 Years Ago
• Yolo County seeks to shift pension costs onto workers
• Editorial – Prison reforms require smart choices
• JFK awards for ousted Iowa justices, US diplomat
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending May 4, 2012
• Washington Post Op-Ed by Gil Garcetti – The risks of the death penalty outweigh any justification
• Op-Ed: California corrections chief: Public safety realignment a prudent strategy to save money
• PBS Frontline: Can Unconscious Bias Undermine Fingerprint Analysis?
• San Bernardino County DA opposes initiative to end death penalty
• Texas – Judge blasts Harris public defender over costs for juveniles’ cases
• Science, memory and the law: Research chipping away at the credence we give to witness accounts
• California – Alameda County prosecutor put on leave for violating defendant’s attorney-client privilege
• Taser cases could electrify the U.S. Supreme Court
• Growing language needs challenge Nevada justice system
• Texas Lawman to High Court: DNA Testing “Frivolous” in Death Penalty Case
• California – Prosecutors Failed to Disclose Coroner’s “Unreasonable” Findings
• California State Bar – Arbitration Advisories page
• Judge calls prosecutor’s rejection of gay juror ‘shocking’
• Al Menaster’s “The Year’s Cases” for 2012
• If not us, who? If not now, when? The Legal Community Takes a Stand
• San Diego – Student in DEA custody forgotten without food or water for days
• California – Attn. Defense Attorneys – A Defending Gang Cases Seminar
• Could bail reform bail out California’s overcrowded jails?
• California – The Future of California Corrections
• Debate rages over severity of child-porn sentences
• Show death penalty the door – Op-Ed by former President Jimmy Carter
• San Diego – Sheriff says jails almost full
• The Cautionary Instruction: Bias seeps into fingerprint analysis
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending April 27, 2012
• Why Misdemeanors Aren’t So Minor
• California – Three Strikes Law initiative likely to qualify for Nov. ballot
• Northern California Innocence Project May 9, 2012 – Fixing Lineups: Eyewitness Identification Reforms
• California – California State Bar Foundation Diversity Scholarships
• Op-Ed: Epic Win: SAFE California Act to Replace the Death Penalty Will Be on the November
• US sets new rules on criminal background checks by employers
• Cellphone firms oppose California law to make police cellphone snooping public
• Virginia – Public Defender Testified, Against Ex-Client, re Transcript Accuracy; Will Ex-Client Get New Trial?
• California – Sacramento child abuse investigator target of state foster-care probe
• LA Times Editorial: [Realignment] and California’s justice revolution
• Riverside County Supervisors vote to support state legislation aimed at preventing jail overcrowding by amending the 2011 Realignment legislation (AB…
• California Contra Costa, deputy district attorneys at contract impasse
• California – District attorneys protest measure that would end death penalty
• Ohio Juvenile Sex Offender Ruling Spotlights National Policy
• Former California Attorney General / LA County District Attorney Van de Kamp: Death penalty in California does not make us any safer
• Judge: DA can subpoena Occupy protester tweets
• Man posts ex-girlfriend’s nude pics on Facebook, gets convicted
• California voters to consider ending capital punishment
• New California Prison System Plan
• Measure that would end death penalty in California qualifies for ballot
• California – Orange County sex offender law picks up support but few convictions
• California – Fresno County – Juror’s Internet documents lead to mistrial in Clovis killing
• California – Fired Santa Clara County prosecutor allegedly pressed cops to arrest husband’s ex-wife
• Criminal Law Case Summaries – April 2012
• California – Job Opportunity – Sonoma County Deputy Public Defender I
• From gang member to pastry chef, he finds sweet salvation
• California – Man who plunged car into bay acquitted of reckless driving charges
• California – Invitations to Comment: Proposals to amend Cal. Rules of Ct. & Judicial Council forms
• California – Stand-your-ground the rule in state, courts affirm
• California – Plumas County leaders pledge support to AB 109 committee
• Highly competitive Los Angeles County district attorney race heats up
• Fight against death penalty gains momentum in states
• California – Op Ed: Realignment is a chance for state to rethink incarceration
• California – Op Ed: Addicted to Incarceration: Will Solano County repeat the state’s mistakes?
• Syracuse coach accuser now says he made it all up
• Oakland police chief, Alameda County district attorney defend actions against Occupy Oakland
• Oakland police chief, Alameda County district attorney defend actions against Occupy Oakland
• Maryland – State lawmakers reverse high court ruling on public defenders
• Risky Mail: Concerns in Confidential Attorney-Client Email
• Risky Mail: Concerns in Confidential Attorney-Client Email
• The Origins of “Reasonable Doubt” by James Q. Whitman, Yale Law School
• The Origins of “Reasonable Doubt” by James Q. Whitman, Yale Law School
• California State Bar Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Compliance Audit Alert
• California State Bar Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Compliance Audit Alert
• Editorial: [Eliminate Discrimination] Drug program should available to all inmates
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending April 13, 2012
• State safety bill clears committee on 4-2 vote, moves on
• Los Angeles Times Editorial: Sheriff Baca’s willingness to shut down much if not all of Men’s Central Jail is welcome
• Death Penalty Repeal Goes to Connecticut Governor
• California bill would block cellphone tracking without warrant
• RIVERSIDE COUNTY: State Supreme Court takes on public defender issue
• Oklahoma – District attorney fires 2 assistants for withholding evidence in murder trial
• Federal Appeals Court: Facebooking at work is not a federal crime — even when forbidden
• Celebrity defense attorney shares insights during La Jolla lecture series
• ACLU Study: Men’s Central Jail Can Be Shuttered By 2013
• Pennsylvania – Luzerne County Chief Public Defender files federal suit to protect his job
• Prosecutors detain California girl, 17, to shore up rape case
• Cops can request a copy of your complete Facebook activity
• San Francisco Realignment & Post Release Community Supervision Implementation Plan
• Washington D.C. Lawyer Charged In Trial Scheme Wants Sanctions Against Prosecutors
• Alabama’s version of stand-your-ground law draws questions
• LA Times Editorial: DUI’s new enemy: robocars
• When the cops subpoena your Facebook information, here’s what Facebook sends the cops
• Alleged Rape Victim to Remain Jailed Before Attacker’s Trial
• Is someone spying on your phone?
• Found on “The California Channel” – Conversation Series with guest Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye
• One-time death penalty champions now fight to repeal California law
• California – Governor Brown commutes sentence in Los Angeles baby’s death
• CACJ/CPDA California Death Penalty / Capital Case Defense Manual
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending April 6, 2012
• Realignment results in lengthy jail sentences
• Realignment results in lengthy jail sentences
• Photo ID: Are police lineups reliable?
• Photo ID: Are police lineups reliable?
• Connecticut poised to abolish death penalty
• Police photo lineups challenged after series of wrongful convictions
• Massachusetts District Attorneys Push For Comprehensive Crime Bill
• Supreme Court: Strip searches in jail OK even for minor offenses
• Police Are Using Phone Tracking as a Routine Tool
• Police Are Using Phone Tracking as a Routine Tool
• Colorado bill would strip DAs’ ability to charge some kids as adults
• Colorado bill would strip DAs’ ability to charge some kids as adults
• California Governor names San Joaquin County chief of probation to state post
• California Senate hears arguments for juvenile justice realignment
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending March 30, 2012
• Employment Opportunity – Assistant Federal Public Defender – San Jose / San Francisco Office
• Federal Public Defender – Employment Opportunity – California Eastern District
• Hospital: Mom booted from ER to die in jail was treated appropriately
• San Francisco man suspected of 5 murders gets new lawyer
• Riverside County sheriff, DA balance budgets, warn of challenges ahead
• Quintuple Homicide Case Delayed Over Potential Conflict Of Interest For Public Defender
• How to protect personal data on devices you plan to sell
• Oakland defense attorney Lincoln Mintz dies
• Oakland defense attorney Lincoln Mintz dies
• Scientists judge a jury’s brains
• Scientists judge a jury’s brains
• U.S. judge bars import of drug used in death penalty
• California Judicial Council halts court case management system
• Man cuts off foot, throws it in furnace to avoid job assignment
• California bill would make teacher-student relationship a felony
• Drug Court/AB 109 Forum – May 10, 2012 in San Francisco – California Association of Drug Court Professionals
• SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today appointed Juan Felipe Herrera to the position of California Poet Laureate
• California Governor Brown – Announces appointments – March 21, 2012
• Browne, Bales’ attorney, humanizes his high-profile clients
• Sacramento juror’s right to Facebook privacy debated
• North Carolina – Supreme Court rulings on plea bargains to have large impact, local lawyers say
• Kansas – Effect of Supreme Court ruling weighed locally
• ACLU Blasts San Diego Jail Spending
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending March 23, 2012
• Supreme Court expands defendant’s rights in plea deals
• The Strange and Bizarre: 800-pound paper airplane soars over Arizona desert
• iPad’s ‘Dictation’ sends info to Apple servers
• Public Safety Realignment – California at a Crossroads – A Report by the ACLU of California
• California – Kathleen Pozzi named Sonoma County Interim County Public Defender
• ACLU issues report on prison, sentencing changes
• Daily aspirin might reduce cancer risk
• Criminal Law Case Summaries – February – March 2012
• U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski: “Justice Should Be Blind, Not Blindly Ignored” – Senator Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Enforce Ethical…
• Alaska’s Murkowski proposes US Department of Justice reform to address discovery violations by prosecutors
• California chief justice appeals to lawmakers for court funding
• Ever heard of this one? Knowing this could save a life – Tree Well and Deep Snow Safety
• California- LaDonna Harris Appointed Acting Chief Probation Officer for Alameda County
• Trial Skills Program – Strategies for Handling Gang Homicide Cases – Mark Hanasono – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio
• The Los Angeles Times – By Deborah Netburn – March 17, 2012, 8:00 a.m.
• California courts notice – Invitation to Comment: Legislative Proposal (Realignment)
• Trial Skills Program – Discovery in Homicide Cases – Matt Braner – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• NUTS & BOLTS – Topic: Gang Experts And Hearsay “Basis” Evidence (Or, The Emperor’s Naked “Truthiness” Is Exposed)
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending March 16, 2012
• Reactions to the report on Ted Stevens corruption trial
• California – Retiring Yuba County judge backs public defender
• California – Retiring Yuba County judge backs public defender
• California – 2012 Homelessness and the Justice System Summit: The Role of Problem-Solving and Collaborative Courts
• California – 2012 Homelessness and the Justice System Summit: The Role of Problem-Solving and Collaborative Courts
• Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD
• Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD
• 14 years old: Too young for life in prison?
• California – Assembly panel blocks expansion of court computer system
• California – Assembly panel blocks expansion of court computer system
• Washington State – Public defenders brace for possible caseload limits
• San Francisco not alone in DUI test flaw, dropped convictions
• Public Meeting to Discuss ‘Realignment’ Lawsuits
• Identifying and Treating Maternal Depression: Strategies & Considerations for Health Plans – Report
• Informant in ‘dirty DUI’ case tells his story
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending March 9, 2012
• Forensics firm investigated over DNA blunder in rape case
• Gov’s controversial public safety realignment plan isn’t causing as many problems as expected
• RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Death penalty case on hold
• Trial Skills: Creating Emotional Impact in Closing – Gary Windom – An MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio
• Trial Skills Video: Evidence Problems and Objections – Charles Denton – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio
• Trial Skills Video: Cross-Examination of a Police Officer – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills Video: Effective Impeachment – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills Video: Effective Cross-Examination – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• The California Public Defenders Association presents: The 4th Annual Two-Day DUI Defense Practice Institute
• California to dish out $602 million for jail construction
• Senators urge discipline of Ted Stevens’ federal prosecutors
• Los Angeles Times Editorial re: Lynne Stewart: 8 more years for mouthing off
• California – Riverside County jails struggle with increased inmate population
• INMATE PROGRAM GETS GOOD MARKS; SHASTA COUNTY REPORT COMES WITH CAVEAT
• Driver, 3 passengers plunge into San Francisco Bay
• Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants’ Facebook passwords
• “Murder (she wrote)” – Torture Murder and Special Circumstance – Intent Requirements
• From meth addict to Del Norte County DA, Jon Alexander has courted trouble
• California – Public Safety Insider: Senator wants another look at jail realignment
• New scan can spot undetected brain damage
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending March 2, 2012
• Murder Charges Against Calif. Doc Seen As Warning
• Another Defense Win in Criminal Case re Recording Chicago Cops, as Judge Rules Law Unconstitutional
• California – State prison “realignment” falls short with plans for female ex-convicts
• California – State prison “realignment” falls short with plans for female ex-convicts
• California – San Bernardino County DA Ramos supports governor’s initiative for public safety funding
• Mother, boy admit killing man they thought was pedophile
• Mother, boy admit killing man they thought was pedophile
• California – Death penalty opponents move closer to November ballot initiative
• California – Death penalty opponents move closer to November ballot initiative
• California – Group seeking to repeal California death penalty to turn in signatures
• California – Group seeking to repeal California death penalty to turn in signatures
• CPDA Presents: The Annual Public Defender Management Seminar
• Former prosecutor gets jail in Las Vegas drug case
• Baton Rouge, La. – Public defender on leave after drug arrest
• Citing Startling Research on False Positive Drug Tests, Researchers Call for Moratorium on Field Drug Test Kit Testing
• Guv’s Tax Initiative Finds Support of CSAC Board of Directors; Funding for Realignment – California County News
• Three-strikes law costly and ineffective, study says
• Has Franz Kafka set up shop in the US Office of Government Ethics?
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending February 24, 2012
• California – New prison medical facilities unnecessary, analyst says
• Debate Rages Over Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Child Pornography-Related Crimes
• Maryland – Vote to change state’s public defender law postponed to Monday
• Analysis and Interpretation of Proposition 9 “Victim’s Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy’s Law” (Nov. 4, 2008 General Election Ballot)
• California – Attn Attnys – Application for State Bar Court Judge
• Challenge to cities’ public defenders can proceed
• California – Republicans introduce Jerry Brown’s pension reform plan
• DRUG COURT/AB 109 SUMMIT SURVEY
• Beck backs driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending February 17, 2012
• Criminal Law Case Summaries – February 2012
• Colorado woman must turn over computer password
• Lawsuit Over State Benefits for Public Defenders Sparks Controversial Bill
• California – Fresno jail protesters call for more rehabilitation programs
• California – Demi Moore 911 tape prompts Calif. privacy bill
• Editorial: California should fully fund public safety realignment
• California – Contra Costa Times editorial: Multiple tax measures hurt chances for passage
• London – Phone and email records to be stored in new spy plan
• California privacy laws keep police from getting parolees’ names
• Ex-juror jailed for Facebook stupidity (and contempt of court)
• California – Tuolumne County – AB 109 Deception: Is the state dumping dangerous offenders at our doorstep?
• U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether a lie is protected speech
• Report: State Should Shut Down Youth Prison System – Governor’s plan gains new support, but many prosecutors remain opposed
• California – Community Focuses on Alternatives to Incarceration
• California – Contra Costa feeling impact from state prison shift
• California 2012 New Statutes – Realignment / AB 109 Update & Perspectives – What’s Happening Around The State and On Appeal…
• FBI seeks developers for app to track suspicious social media posts, sparking privacy concerns
• California – Accused Probation Chief Is Face of Juvenile Justice Reform Effort
• iPad / iPhone app of note: iZip – file / photo manager (zip / unzip / unrar)
• How To Download and Open Zip Files on iPad
• New Orleans — 21 local public defenders laid off – local attorneys asked to work for free
• San Diego – Imperial Counties – Local ACLU creates criminal justice watchdog job on Public Safety Realignment
• California Appeals court denies effort to keep media out of children’s courts
• California Public Defenders Association – 43rd Annual Convention / Continuing Legal Education Program
• The Not So Civil War Between the Legislature and the California Supreme Court
• California – Assemblyman Mike Feuer launches bid for Los Angeles city attorney
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending February 10, 2012
• California – New Vacaville prison mental health center opens
• Caifornia – Report: Counties’ modern secure facilities have enough institutional capacity for juvenile justice realignment
• California – San Joaquin County Supervisors will compare cost of public defender’s office with contract attorneys
• Los Angeles Times Op-Ed: California’s death penalty law: It simply does not work
• Assembly Bill 327 (AB 327) – The Fix for Unfairness in California’s Three Strikes Law
• Q&A: Alan Jackson on why counties should be able to send inmates out of state
• Chief justice goes after Assembly, process over funding bill
• Jody Patel named interim administrative director of state courts
• Banished: US deports hundreds of military veterans
• Notice Regarding Annual Election Procedures for Board of Directors / Officers
• Shyness as illness? Experts blast new mental health ‘bible’
• California – Investigator suing Public Defender’s Office for wrongful termination
• Ted Stevens case: Probe of prosecutor misconduct will go public
• California New Statutes for 2012 Panel Presentation – An MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• California – Attn. Defense Attorneys: The latest self-study DVDs and course booklets + upcoming seminar Info.
• California pension reform group suspends initiative campaign
• California – Governor Jerry Brown affirming more releases of killers than Schwarzenegger, Gray Davis
• California – Public-interest group sues Los Angeles County supervisors over state’s open-meetings law
• California Governor Brown’s Executive Report on Pardons, Commutations of Sentence, and Reprieves – January 3, 2011 through December 31,…
• California Governor Brown’s Executive Report on Parole Review Decisions – January 3, 2011 through December 31, 2011
• California Court Reform Bill Has Hard Road
• Flow Chart: Wards – Modification from Delinquency to Dependency Jurisdiction
• California – New Merced County public defender ensures legal representation for all
• Editorial – California Three strikes change makes sense
• California – Riverside County revenues down, but most departments’ budgets in black
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending February 3, 2012
• A Guide to the Official Tables for the recodified Deadly Weapons Law
• Governor Brown announces appointments – February 2, 2012
• The Caging of America – Why do we lock up so many people?
• Jerry Brown delivers pension reform language to legislators
• Year 2011 – 2012 In Review – Criminal Law Cases – Outline
• California – Gov. Brown announces appointments – February 1, 2012
• Illinois Court Allows Torture Case To Move Forward
• Los Angeles County judge orders Juvenile Court opened to news media
• Longtime deputy public defender appointed to Contra Costa Superior Court bench
• California – Senate President Pro Tem shows no love for controversial judicial funding bill
• California – Gov. Brown appoints Alameda County deputy public defender to the bench
• California – Gov. Brown appoints Contra Costa County deputy public defender to the bench
• California – Napa County implementing alternatives to jail
• New York – Defense lawyer fights racism in death row cases
• California – Political Inside Game, Outside Game… All in One Day – Tops on that list certainly has to be the seemingly-all-but-dead…
• California – Critics Decry Efforts to Narrow Three Strikes Law
• Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings in California – A Handbook for Juvenile Law Practitioners
• California – Assembly changes mind and passes three-strikes legislation
• California – Riverside County workers launch one-day strike
• California – The Life Cycle of Legislation – Flow Chart and Details
• Gigi Gordon dies at 54; crusading criminal defense lawyer
• California bill seeks to limit detention of arrestees facing deportation
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending January 27, 2012
• California – Hundreds Of Calif. Prison Employees Get Layoff Notices
• California – The Strange Push to Make Cops Collect DNA from Suspected Johns
• California – Alameda County weathers storm of cuts and realignment
• $28M Needed To Comply With Court Ruling, Public Defender Says; Prosecutors Say It Will Cost Them $83M
• San Diego police officer, deputy district attorney charged with ticket-fixing
• California Appeals court asked to decide officer-identity case
• Santa Clara County courts: Now providing legal representation in misdemeanor court to anyone who can’t afford their own
• California Supreme Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye pleads her case, fights AB 1208
• California Assembly passes bill sparked by Caylee Anthony murder case
• Judge strikes parole-revocation provisions in California law
• California’s De Facto Sentencing Commissions
• California – CPDA Annual Awards – 2012 Nominations Form and Process
• California – CPDA Annual Awards – 2012 Nominations Form and Process
• California – Annual Defender Office Management Seminar – Apr. 19th – Oxnard
• California – Annual Defender Office Management Seminar – Apr. 19th – Oxnard
• Wrongfully convicted man awarded $25 million
• Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest
• Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest
• California – More parolees than expected entering Yolo County
• California – More parolees than expected entering Yolo County
• Washington State – Tiny office says it can save state money on sex-offender defense
• California Attorneys: Invitation to Comment: Proposal to amend Code of Judicial Ethics
• Los Angeles Times Editorial: Spare California’s courts from cuts
• Judge orders woman to give up password to hard drive
• FBI arrests 4 Conn. cops for alleged racial profiling
• California counties revamping bail policies
• PLACING GPS DEVICE ON CAR WITHOUT A WARRANT VIOLATES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT – Good new search case from the US Supremes
• The Seattle Times – Washington State wastes millions helping sex predators avoid lockup
• Hi-Tech Talk: The best places to trade-in your electronics
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending January 20, 2012
• Youtube video: Stand Up for Justice – Why Californians should be concerned about the drastic cuts in court budgets statewide
• TV Covering High-Profile Ohio Trial With Puppets
• Trial Skills – Demonstrative Evidence: Toys for Trial – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• California – Criminal Law Case Summaries – December 2011 – January 2012
• California – New California law; Senate Bill 534 (Corbett); sexual assault forensic examinations
• Editorial: Supreme Court needs to know seeing is not believing
• Trial Skills – Arguing To The Jury Using All of The Senses – A California MCLE Self-Study Video/Audio Program
• Los Angeles Times Opinion Column – Juvenile offenders and lawmakers get another chance
• APNewsBreak: Judge to end Calif. prison receiver
• Attention Criminal Defense Attorneys / Public Defenders – Time to Join or Renew CPDA Membership for 2012
• California – Governor Brown announces new appointments
• California – Tuolumne County to begin search for new district attorney
• California Public Defenders Association presents…The First Annual New Statutes Seminar!
• California – Rehab funding dividing Calaveras County – Controversial corrections plan heads for supervisory vote
• Los Angeles Times Editorial – Challenging eyewitness evidence
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending January 13, 2012
• California – Placer County District Attorney wants defense attorney removed from criminal case citing possible conflict of interest
• Trial Skills – Eyewitness Identification – Professor Roy S. Malpass – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio
• California – Riverside County chief probation offficer discusses AB 109 impact
• Guantanamo at 10: The Prisoner and the Prosecutor
• California – FYI – “Stand Up For Justice” Rally to Support Adequate Court Funding – Jan. 18th – Los Angeles, CA
• Trial Skills – Winning Trials By Humanizing Our Clients – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills – Winning Trials By Humanizing Our Clients – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• California – Orange County judge who fixed traffic tickets ordered to resign
• Trial Skills – Cross-Examination of a Child Witness – A California MCLE Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills – Cross-Examination of a Child Witness – A California MCLE Video / Audio Program
• Op-Ed: Mandatory Drug Testing Demonizes and Demoralizes
• Op-Ed: Mandatory Drug Testing Demonizes and Demoralizes
• Criminal Justice Reform Can Help With State Fiscal Woes
• Criminal Justice Reform Can Help With State Fiscal Woes
• Improving Budget Analysis of State Criminal Justice Reforms: A Strategy for Better Outcomes and Saving Money
• Court rules against man convicted by eyewitness ID
• Ginsburg Opinion Rejects Due Process Inquiries on Eyewitness IDs; Sotomayor Dissents
• Supreme Court rejects special review of eyewitness testimony
• California – Humboldt County – Safety realignment plan approved – Critics cite failure to include treatment centers
• California – Some critical of Placer County’s Realignment plan – “Lacks assessment, treatment and education services”
• California – Riverside District attorney’s office receives $360,000 grant for DUI prosecutions
• Three new webinars providing IMMIGRATION LAW ESSENTIALS for defense lawyers
• Interesting lecture about the Internet – Invisible Internet Information Bubbles
• California Governor Brown announces more appointments – January 9, 2012
• Solano County on track to avoid jail overcrowding
• New York Times Editorial – The Random Horror of the Death Penalty
• California – Opinion Column – A risky shift in criminal justice
• California – Opinion Column – A risky shift in criminal justice
• Pennsylvania – No rest for the defense – Caseload troubles public defender
• Pennsylvania – Luzerne County Public Defender’s hard line on accepting new cases part of a national pattern
• Pennsylvania – Luzerne County Public Defender’s hard line on accepting new cases part of a national pattern
• U.S. Supreme Court to rule on drug-sniffing dog case
• Maryland – Court could require public defenders to show at initial bail setting for indigent defendants
• Riverside County Jails Maxed Out, Inmates To Be Released
• California – Gov. Jerry Brown calls for historic shuttering of state’s notorious youth prison system
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending January 6, 2012
• Los Angeles County Takes Several Hits In Governor’s Proposed Budget, Reaction Swift
• Los Angeles County Takes Several Hits In Governor’s Proposed Budget, Reaction Swift
• You’ve been arrested for Driving Under the Influence. What happens now?
• You’ve been arrested for Driving Under the Influence. What happens now?
• Trial Skills – The Fundamentals of Trial Practice Part II – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills – The Fundamentals of Trial Practice Part I – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills Video: Voir Dire (Jury Selection) – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• California – Defense Attorney Employment Opportunity – Siskiyou County – Deputy Public Defender I / II / III / IV
• California Assembly Member Tim Donnelly Vows New Try at Prison Reform
• California – Judge says she’ll uphold postcard rule for jail inmates
• Woodland Police Department receives grant for county-wide DUI enforcement campaign
• Public defenders seek changes to Kentucky repeat-offender law
• California – Fresno County Awarded Grant Targeting Young Felony DUI Offenders
• Award-winning prosecutor goes after drug cases – Q&A with Deputy District Attorney Mary-Ellen Barrett
• U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice defends court’s impartiality
• New Laws for 2012 – For California Criminal Law Practitioners
• California defense lawyer Plourd named to judgeship
• Cross-Examination of The Sexual Assault Complainant – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 30, 2011
• Santa Clara County District Attorney Crime Lab gets grant to upgrade testing
• California Legislative Counsel’s “New Laws Report” for Calendar Year 2011 Enactments
• DC ordered to pay more than $1M in attorneys’ fees from gun case decided by Supreme Court
• California – GOVERNOR BROWN ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS
• California – New Year, New Opportunities for Reform in Juvenile Justice
• Realignment felonies charts – by Judge Gale Kaneshiro – FYI
• EDITORIAL – Justice and Prosecutorial Misconduct
• California – Sacramento – Ruling in Davis sweethearts murder case could set new legal standard
• What to do with your old cellphones, cameras and computers
• California – Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to create task force to address wrongful jailings
• Acquittal in bizarre mistaken iPhone thief case
• California – Governor Brown announces appointments to the bench in various counties
• California – Governor Brown announces appointments to the bench in various counties
• Legislative Analyst releases review of California pension plans
• Legislative Analyst releases review of California pension plans
• Op-Ed: Condemning the death penalty
• Op-Ed: Condemning the death penalty
• Murder Cases Put Questionable Evidence to Test
• New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried
• New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried
• Prosecutorial Misconduct During Trial – Presentation Notes by Al Menaster
• California – ID errors put hundreds in L.A. County jails
• Nevada judge’s romance with prosecutor at issue
• Two Defendants Arrested During Operation Garlic Press Plead Guilty
• San Diego County jails not overcrowded — yet
• Capital Punishment and California’s Women Chief Justices
• Frightening frosting? TSA confiscates cupcake
• California chief justice urges reevaluating death penalty
• NACDL TASK FORCE ON RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND STATUS AFTER CONVICTION
• California – KQED News Interview: Former San Quentin Warden Advocates for Anti-Death Penalty Initiative
• He’s considered Sheriff Bully
• Oroville Murder Suspect Was Just Released Under AB 109
• Texas – New Policy Hopes to Reduce Wrongly Identifed Suspects
• Prison Realignment sparks lively debate at statewide conference in Sacramento
• OP-ED – Jurors Need to Know That They Can Say No
• Product Alert: Deadly shoulder massager relaxes, strangles
• New York – Courts ask for more money to lift burden on public defenders
• New York – Courts ask for more money to lift burden on public defenders
• ACLU, Ottawa County Bar Association protest attorney’s contempt charge, jail time
• ACLU, Ottawa County Bar Association protest attorney’s contempt charge, jail time
• Plumas County already feeling impact of inmate transfer
• Plumas County already feeling impact of inmate transfer
• More state cuts could hit Merced County
• More state cuts could hit Merced County
• National defense attorney group says Morton case in Texas shows need for discovery reform
• National defense attorney group says Morton case in Texas shows need for discovery reform
• PADILLA v. KENTUCKY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PRACTICE OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE
• Fighting 288 Cases: Sample Motion re: Child Abuse Accommodation Syndrome
• Probe of prosecutors urged after DNA reverses Texas murder case
• California – Advocates of scaling back California’s tough Three-Strikes law hope for place on ballot
• California – Employment Opportunity – Kern County – Deputy Public Defender I / II / III / IV / V
• Trial Practice Resources – Motions for Dismissal of Gang Enhancements & Limiting Expert Testimony
• Japan bar federation to establish panel for abolishing death penalty
• Philadelphia judge vows to try to resolve Philadelphia’s death-penalty lawyer pay
• Philadelphia’s death-penalty defense pay criminally low, hearing told
• Prisoner shifts leave murderers better off than nonviolent criminals
• HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT
• HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT
• San Diego County – Suit claims unethical actions by county prosecutor
• San Diego County – Suit claims unethical actions by county prosecutor
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 16, 2011
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 16, 2011
• California counties say state convict shift off to rocky start
• California counties say state convict shift off to rocky start
• California Death Penalty Future in Doubt after Court Ruling
• California Death Penalty Future in Doubt after Court Ruling
• California Defenders – Save the Dates – April 20-21, 2012 for the CPDA Annual Convention & MCLE Program in Southern California!
• Ohio Supreme Court Justice Speaks Out Against Death Penalty
• California – New MCLE Specialty Areas Self-Study Program on DVD
• California – Invitation to Comment: Proposals to amend Cal. Rules of Court and Judicial Council forms
• 2012 CACJ/CPDA Capital Case Defense Seminar Program Information and Registration Brochure
• California – Auburn City Council backs police in AB 109 fund distribution – Funding plan submitted by District Attorney Scott Owens
• San Bernardino County public safety employees face cuts
• CACJ / CPDA Annual Capital Case Defense Seminar 2012 – Program Registration Information
• CACJ / CPDA Annual Capital Case Defense Seminar 2012 – Program Registration Information
• California -Butte County Jail crowded; prisoner realignment shifts 110 to county lockup
• California -Butte County Jail crowded; prisoner realignment shifts 110 to county lockup
• Washington State looks at costs of defending sex felons
• Washington State looks at costs of defending sex felons
• Missouri Supreme Court to hear public defender case
• Missouri Supreme Court to hear public defender case
• The toll of trauma: New study examines effects of ‘compassion fatigue’ on public defenders
• The toll of trauma: New study examines effects of ‘compassion fatigue’ on public defenders
• Death penalty’s cost to California more than $120 million a year
• Trial Skills – Cross-Examination in a DUI Case – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills – Cross-Examination in a DUI Case – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 9, 2011
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 9, 2011
• Ten Precepts of Successful Homicide Defense Preparation & Some Examples of What Is Not First Degree Felony-Murder or Felony-Murder Special…
• Ten Precepts of Successful Homicide Defense Preparation & Some Examples of What Is Not First Degree Felony-Murder or Felony-Murder Special…
• California – Outlines and Charts re: The Law of Homicide
• California – Outlines and Charts re: The Law of Homicide
• A Primer On Motions To Disclose Informants
• A Primer On Motions To Disclose Informants
• Effectively Presenting an Integrated Defense to Murder Charges
• Understanding Jury Instructions in Homicide Defense Cases – Four Common Scenarios
• Some Commonly Asked Questions About Closing Argument
• Reasonable Doubt Chart – Powerpoint / PDF Versions
• A Practical Guide To Impeachment – Rules & Examples
• The Right To Rap Sheet Discovery – by Stephen Munkelt
• FaceBook SDT Manual / Law Enforcement Guidelines Manual
• Kentucky should suspend death penalty, ABA panel recommends
• Defending Child-Molest Cases – Darby-Williams
• Jury Selection in Sexual Assault Cases – Slide Presentation
• Propensity Evidence under Evidence Code Section 1108 – by Matt Braner
• California – Job Opportunity – Monterey County Deputy Public Defender I – IV Recruitment
• California Government: Gov. Brown pitches for more taxes
• Employment Opportunity – California – Alameda County Public Defender’s Office
• Extended U.S. oversight sought for 2 California mental hospitals
• Defense attorney to run for Calaveras County District Attorney
• Criminal Defense Resources – Defending Child Molest Cases by Darby-Williams
• Criminal Defense Resources – Sentencing Considerations in Sex-Crime Cases – Kelley Kulick
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending December 2, 2011
• D.E.A. Launders Mexican Profits of Drug Cartels
• Penn State scandal prompts California abuse bill
• California – Two diverse cases in Sacramento hinge on free speech issues
• Facebooking juror kicked off murder trial
• California – Annual Two-Day Juvenile Defense Seminar – Friday & Saturday, January 20 & 21, 2012
• California – Volunteers Sought to Serve on State Bar Ethics Committee
• The trouble with eyewitness identification, explained – Why our memories don’t hold up in court
• Inmate shift quickly filling some California jails
• 2 Governors Asking U.S. to Ease Rules on Marijuana to Allow for Its Medical Use
• Campaign to repeal California death penalty nets nearly $1.2 million
• Fresno, California – Jail Adds 800 State Prisoners; Lets Burglars and Thieves Out Early
• San Francisco police, DNA lab slammed in released transcript
• California – Tuolumne County Selects BI Incorporated to Open Day Reporting Program for Adult Probationers
• Op-Ed – Public pension security for California
• Why Cannabis Is On Schedule 1
• California – Employment Opportunity: Solano County Deputy Public Defender I – IV
• No interpreter: Sheriff sued by deaf man held 25 days
• California prison recidivism problem stirs debate
• California – No room in Fresno Co. Jail for parole violators
• The Supreme Court’s unlikely friend to criminals
• Sheriff’s deputies to get battlefield-tested technology
• Drug agents sue California officials over impending layoffs
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending November 25, 2011
• Tulare County – First Adult Pre-Trial Facility pods opened – Realignment fuels local jail expansion
• Proposed federal legislation would make it harder to cover up deaths in custody
• Oregon Governor Says He Will Block Executions
• Court-Appointed Investigator Offers Scathing Report on Prosecution of Senator Stevens
• Kern County – Chief Defense Investigator – Job Opportunity
• State Bar of California – Invitation to hearing on Civil Justice Crisis
• California – Trial competition in DA’s Office draws fire, ends quickly
• NLADA Gideon Alert: Prosecutorial interference in Utah
• Georgia – Panel recommends reforms to stem prison spending
• Kentucky – Trampling Over the Sixth Amendment – Northern Kentucky courts play fast and loose with rules
• Kentucky – Trampling Over the Sixth Amendment – Northern Kentucky courts play fast and loose with rules
• California Faces Challenges Meeting Health Needs of Offenders Released from Prison
• California – Prison plan sways prosecutors in filing charges
• California – Prison plan sways prosecutors in filing charges
• California – Editorial – The Modesto Bee – California’s prison realignment has perils, potential
• California – Editorial – The Modesto Bee – California’s prison realignment has perils, potential
• Trial Skills – Linking Your Cross to the Themes in Your Case – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills – Linking Your Cross to the Themes in Your Case – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Trial Skills – Cross-Examining an Expert Witness – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio
• Trial Skills – Cross-Examining The “Snitch”/”Flipper” – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Lobbying firm’s memo spells out plan to undermine Occupy Wall Street
• Criminal Law Case Summaries – October-November 2011
• Nuts & Bolts – Topic: Improper Argument In The Guilt Phase (Or, Beware The “Michael Jackson’s Children” Closing)
• Nuts & Bolts – Topic: Prior Inconsistent Statements, Former Testimony, And Impeachment Of Non-Testifying Witnesses
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending November 18, 2011
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending November 11, 2011
• Judge says feds need warrant for cellphone info – Rules that data about location is constitutionally protected from intrusion
• Virginia – Law officials frustrated by pace of suspect-ID reforms
• Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice – Document: AB 109: Criminal Justice Realignment & Reform
• California – Riverside County Riverside County (Calif.) to Charge for Jail Time – Other counties may follow…
• When DNA Evidence Suggests ‘Innocent,’ Some Prosecutors Cling to ‘Maybe’
• California jails receiving more state prisoners than expected – caused by defense attorneys?
• St. Louis officers to file suit over department’s DNA collection
• California – Contra Costa County Date rape case exposes sexual activities in a Bay Area D.A.’s unit
• California prosecutor commits suicide during traffic stop
• California – Riverside County: Inmates to be charged for incarceration
• Ethics – Protecting Client Secrets In The Electronic Age – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• California – San Bernardino County’s top prosecutor seeks greater partnership with feds
• Ethics – What To Do When The State Bar Calls – Ephraim Margolin – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Ethics – What To Do When The State Bar Calls – Ephraim Margolin – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Wall Street Journal story: Magistrate says data suggests that federal courts alone issue 20,000 to 30,000 cellphone tracking orders annually
• Wall Street Journal story: Magistrate says data suggests that federal courts alone issue 20,000 to 30,000 cellphone tracking orders annually
• Do Police Need Warrants For GPS Tracking Devices?
• Do Police Need Warrants For GPS Tracking Devices?
• As More Police Wear Cameras, Policy Questions Arise
• As More Police Wear Cameras, Policy Questions Arise
• California – Contra Costa County – City of Richmond to ease hiring of ex-criminals
• California – Contra Costa County – City of Richmond to ease hiring of ex-criminals
• California – Santa Cruz County Jail system in flux with new state rules (Public Safety Realignment / AB 109)
• Prosecutor Misconduct – A California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• California Law Revision Commission – Re: Deadly Weapons Study
• California On crime policy, Santa Clara County takes a cutting-edge — some say risky — approach
• California – Monterey County jail sees realignment in action – officials find gaps one month into process
• California Criminal Justice Realignment Editorial: Be cautious, not alarmed about state parole changes
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending November 4, 2011
• Riverside County District Attorney receives rebuke from State Commission
• San Francisco Public Defender Alleges Cops Stole From Child’s Piggy Bank, Used Excessive Force (VIDEO)
• Texas cops get drone that can carry weapons
• “Realignment” in Any Other State Would Be Called “Community Corrections”
• Police Lineup Flaws Put California Man In Prison For Decades
• California – San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi to detail new alleged San Francisco police misconduct
• California group moves to put pension overhaul on 2012 ballot
• Dismal Tale of Arrest for Tiniest of Crimes
• Study needed for Brown ‘hybrid’ pension plan
• Realignment – PRCS Rule of Court & Judicial Council Form
• California – Ventura County – Judge unseals information in suit against Ventura County jail postcard policy
• Stanford law professors submit proposed initiative to limit Three Strikes Law
• California counties launch constitutional amendment to protect realignment funding
• Riverside County officials: More spending cuts, layoffs in store
• Defending SVP Cases – What Worked – Panel Presentation – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• The State Bar of California Rules of Professional Conduct and the State Bar Act are now available in an e-Reader
• State Bar of California – New legal ethics and technology resource page is online
• U.S. Supreme Court reluctant on plea bargains after sentencing
• High court reinstates ‘shaken baby’ conviction
• Couple arrested, lose custody for 18 hours, over $5 sandwich ‘theft’
• Supreme Court to Weigh Effects of Bad Plea Advice
• Washington State Supreme Court rule would limit public defender caseloads, require more staff for city
• California – San Francisco DA loses appeal over police DNA lab memo
• Oakland chief defends officers involved in clash
• How DSM-IV is Misused in SVP Diagnosis and a Preview of DSM-V – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Jerry Brown’s pension package faces skeptical Legislature
• California – Governor Brown to propose less generous pensions, higher retirement age
• Sample Voir Dire Questions for Difficult Topics & Suggested Points of Voir Dire Procedure and Questions
• National Report: State budget cuts clog criminal justice system
• Jury Questionnaires and Selection with Emphasis on Cases with Pedophilia and Paraphilia NOS Diagnoses – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio…
• California – Judicial Council – Two new proposals have been posted for comment
• SVP Cases: Deconstructing the DMH Case, Including Cross-Examination and Volitional Impairment – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Impeachment – Outline by Terence MacCarthy
• SVP Cases: Exposing the Weaknesses of Static 99R, Static 2002R, MnSOST-R & SRA-FV Through Cross-Examination
• California prisons issuing 26,000 layoff warning notices
• Republicans Turn Judicial Power Into a Campaign Issue
• Facebook Claimant’s Lawyer Must Pay Award in Child Porn Lawsuit
• Cross-Examination of the DUI Cop – Criminal Defense Practice Resources
• NPR “Fresh Air” program: Justice Stevens Reflects On The Court And Its Chiefs
• Boston – Court throws out verdict due to math in prosecutor’s closing argument
• Florida – Video interviews may save money for taxpayers
• California – Prison realignment reduces time Sacramento man will be behind bars
• Editorial – Fixing indigent defense in Michigan will take a fight
• SVP Cases: Release Planning, Gathering and Presenting it to Evaluators and at Trial – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Criminal Law Case Summaries – September-October 2011
• Robert Spangenberg Rejoins Boston University Law School Faculty
• California Assembly Republicans release ad on Brown’s prison shift
• DUI Trial Essentials: The Questions That Must Be Asked of Both Sides – Donald Bartell – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio
• Police Interrogation & False Confession Documentary – To be featured at SF Documentary Film Festival Oct 22 and 24
• DMV and Protecting a Client’s Privilege to Drive – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Commission For Major Criminal Justice Overhaul Back On Track In Congress
• California – Attorney Job Opportunity – Supervising Attorney and Adjunct Professor of Law – Loyola Law School Project for the…
• California – San Diego County – Longtime defense attorney Kathy Cannon leaving public defender’s office
• California – Orange County Staff Issues Critical Report on Laura’s Law
• California – Coming clean on ‘dirty DUIs’ in Contra Costa County
• Los Angeles County Sheriff says he was out of touch with county’s jails
• Jerry Brown’s prison plan under fire from Republicans, Democrats alike
• California – Realignment – AB 109 – The plan in Tehama County
• Lawmakers named to joint committee on California pension reform
• Attention Calif. Defense Attorneys – Continuing Legal Education Calendar of Events Update
• California – Employment Opportunity: Associate Director – San Francisco Office of The California Appellate Project
• California – San Diego County Public Defender Coker Endorses D.A. Dumanis’s Mayoral Run
• Texas man jailed 25 years for murder is exonerated – allegations that prosecutors withheld evidence to be examined
• California – Riverside County divides jail realignment funds
• California – Notice re: Invitation to Comment: Criminal Jury Instructions
• German officials admit using spyware on citizens, as Big Brother scandal grows
• Jerry Brown vetoes outsource contract reporting measure
• California Governor – “Thumbs down” on bill requiring warrant to search cellphones
• California – County, public safety officials plan ballot measure to secure funding
• State Bar of California’s Office of Professional Competence has compiled a comprehensive web section related to legal ethics and use of Internet…
• Criminal Defense Attorney Seminar in California – Defending Sex Crimes Seminar – Saturday, December 3, 2011 – Palm Springs
• Chicago – Number of county criminal suspects on electronic monitoring surges
• Feds escalate efforts to close California pot shops
• Los Angeles County County prosecutors union wins round in battle with LA DA Cooley
• Los Angeles County County prosecutors union wins round in battle with LA DA Cooley
• Los Angeles County deputy says he was forced to beat mentally ill inmate
• Los Angeles County deputy says he was forced to beat mentally ill inmate
• Jury accepts battered-wife defense, acquits N.Y. woman of murder
• Jury accepts battered-wife defense, acquits N.Y. woman of murder
• Los Angeles – Local Officials Concerned By Early Release Plan
• Los Angeles – Local Officials Concerned By Early Release Plan
• For Criminal Defense Attorneys Only – Hundreds of Hours of Self-Study Video Programs on DVD with Course Booklets
• For Criminal Defense Attorneys Only – Hundreds of Hours of Self-Study Video Programs on DVD with Course Booklets
• Picking a Jury, Telling the Story Along the Way; and Getting to “Not Guilty” in a DUI Case – California MCLE Self-Study Video /…
• California – Orange County cuts public defenders, health care for poor
• California – Orange County cuts public defenders, health care for poor
• Attention Defense Attorneys – Job Opportunity – Assistant Federal Public Defender – Northern California
• Attention Defense Attorneys – Job Opportunity – Assistant Federal Public Defender – Northern California
• CURB Issues Realignment Report Cards for California Counties
• National search planned for Montana’s new chief public defender
• California – DUI Case Law Impacting Defense Practice by Les McMillan – MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Polling shows state’s views changing on capital punishment
• Reliability of eyewitness testimony problems continue: Judge overturns murder conviction in 1994 slaying
• Columnist Dan Walters: Judges’ war gets new ammo from legislative analyst
• Why Eyewitness Memory Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be (Part III)
• California Prison Pushback – Counties Contest Cost of Shifting Felons to Local Jails as Part of Court Mandate
• A Review of Medical and Scientific Evidence in DUI Cases – California MCLE Self-Study Video/Audio Program
• Are you considering a career as a judge? – If so, here are some helpful resources re: The judicial application process
• California – Governor Jerry Brown – Pledges state support as local leaders launch “Public Safety Realignment” law
• Ethics in a DUI Setting: Four Scenarios and Resources for Answers – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• California – Prison Law Office – Legal Resources Web Page
• Tennessee – Court attitudes shift to accept use of battered woman defense
• National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition – California’s New Prison Policy Has Some Skeptics
• Los Angeles County: ACLU: Sheriff Lee Baca must resign over County Jail report
• California – Attention Defense Attorneys: Employment Opportunity: Assistant Public Defender – Santa Clara County
• Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office – Public Safety Realignment Information
• California – Tulare County officials plan for jail realignment
• Iowa – Mistrial in murder case – Unredacted video interrogation of defendant shown to jury in error may cost Johnson County $50,000 in…
• California – Lake County – Securing citizen safety while managing more offenders
• California – Lake County – Securing citizen safety while managing more offenders
• Judicial Council of California – Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011 Resource Center
• Judicial Council of California – Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011 Resource Center
• California – Shasta County: Realignment To Have Big Impact On County Jails
• San Diego County Supervisors Approve Plan To Jail, Supervise Criminals
• California – Los Angeles Times Editorial – L.A. supervisors’ inconvenient public
• Santa Barbara County braces for more inmates serving time in local jails
• Florida – Sentencing Shift Gives New Leverage to Prosecutors
• Los Angeles – FBI probing reports of beatings in L.A. County jails
• California prison realignment to put more low-level offenders on streets
• California – Hundreds of state prisoners due to arrive in Kern County
• California – Humboldt County’s public safety realignment plan starts Oct. 1
• San Diego County unveils plan to house, monitor 4,000 more criminals
• Marijuana DNA database can track pot’s origins – “…will help law enforcement track where the drug came from and link it to…
• Battered woman’s defense brings mixed results
• San Francisco – Mystery memo on DNA lab could be trouble for D.A.
• California – Contra Costa County – 2011/12 Public Safety Realignment Implementation Plan
• Op-Ed: Police lineups due for reform
• New report: Half of Los Angeles County deputies’ ‘waistband shootings’ involve unarmed people
• A new law school sprouts in California’s desert – Criminal defense attorney John Patrick Dolan will serve as first president and CEO of…
• Op-Ed: Davis case highlights issues with eyewitness identification
• Santa Barbara County Braces for Inmate Influx – County Forced to Shoulder Hundreds of Convicts Coming from State Prison
• Virginia – Public defender says West Virginia jails needlessly overcrowded
• Governor Jerry Brown plans initiative to guarantee law enforcement funds
• The New Realignment Statutes – A Capsule Summary and Courtroom Cheat Sheet of Penal Code §§ 1170(h), 2933, 4019 & 3000.08 et. seq
• Hundreds of State Prisoners Headed to Santa Barbara County Under Gov. Brown’s ‘Realignment’ – Public defender Raimundo Montes De Oca notes…
• San Bernardino County: Officials preview realignment plan
• Study finds crime witness ID method can affect error rate
• Introduction to DUI Cases: The Realities of Trying Your First DUI Case – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• Op-Ed: The Death Penalty: Why We Fight for Equal Justice
• California – Prison reform legislation short on money and ideas, say Kern County officials
• Changes to Police Lineup Procedures Cut Eyewitness Mistakes, Study Says
• California – Analysis: Yolo County Begins Planning For AB 109 Changes – Major Changes in Criminal Justice on the Way
• Don Heller: A California Republican against death penalty
• California – Prisoner realignment plan: Counties must find alternatives to lockups
• Massachusetts – Attorneys brace for changes in state’s public defender system
• US execution puts death penalty on trial – Troy Davis is set to die in under a week but advocates say there is ‘too much doubt’ to…
• San Diego County District attorney visits Rancho Bernardo, shares thoughts on prison realignment
• Defending High & Not So High Profile Cases: A Practical Approach – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• CAP’S SEVENTH Annual Capital Appellate Training Monday, September 26, 2011
• California – Two defendants are acquitted in a historic medical marijuana case for San Luis Obispo County
• California – State Senator Wolk says Solano County ready for inmate reentry
• California – Public Safety Realignment slide presentation from the probation officers association in PDF format
• New York City meteorologist Heidi Jones pleads guilty to falsely reporting rape
• Flight on 9/11 anniversary ends in handcuffs for housewife – Arab-Jewish blogger, two other passengers strip-searched after…
• Cross-Examination Skills Seminar – Friday & Saturday, October 21 & 22, 2011 – Palm Springs
• New York Times Editorial: The Misuse of Life Without Parole
• California Department of Justice Releases 2010 Crime in California Report
• SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments….
• California – Thousands of female inmates in California set for early release
• California – Sheriffs concerned about realignment; Brown won’t budge
• Los Angeles Times Editorial – Eyewitness testimony done right
• Ninth Circuit Overturns Death Sentence, Says Prosecutors Knew Witness Was Lying
• Three Strategies for Changing Juvenile Justice
• New York Times Editorial: Cheering on the Death Machine
• Series of DNA mix-ups in Dutch court research
• Op-Ed – Ohio’s death penalty derailed
• U.S. Supreme Court Case Asks if ‘Big Brother’ Is Spelled GPS
• Texas commission signals halt to investigation of 2004 execution
• California – Lake County eliminates collection of $25 “screening fee” from indigent defendants – “Not cost…
• Acclaimed film director Werner Herzog decries capital punishment at “Abyss” premiere
• The Texas Tribune – Op-Ed: Behind the Death Penalty Cheers
• Speak The Speech I Pray You: Acting 101 For Lawyers – California MCLE Self-Study Video / Audio Program
• California – Governor Brown Announces Appointments for Sept. 8, 2011
• California – Shasta County school district drops drug testing policy
• Death Penalty: Applause for Rick Perry’s ‘Ultimate Justice’ at Republican Debate
• Florida – Miami-Dade public defender office in turmoil after firing of three death penalty defense lawyers over office politics
• Editorial – The Sacramento Bee – Public Safety Realignment – Sacramento’s inmate dodge
• Criminal Law Case Summaries July – August 2011
• Humboldt County deputy public defender attacked in jail; With new attorney, defendant pleads not guilty to felony assault charge
• California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) – Report cites management’s need to improve data tracking to better substantiate lower…
• Inmate Visits Now Carry Added Cost in Arizona
• Inmate Visits Now Carry Added Cost in Arizona
• California – After 17 years, three-strikes law is still hotly debated.
• California – After 17 years, three-strikes law is still hotly debated.
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending September 2, 2011
• Rightly or wrongly, thousands convicted of terrorism post-9/11
• Criminal records linger on file for years
• California – Exiting chief Butte County probation officer says massive changes coming
• California – Sonoma County prepares for surge of state felons
• California Public Safety Realignment – Analysis of The New Statutes – MCLE Self-Study Video Program
• California – Public Safety Realignment 1 Month Away; Crunch Time for Monterey County
• SAFE CA Act Press Conference to Replace Death Penalty in California – Part 1 of 2
• SAFE CA Act Press Conference to Replace Death Penalty in California – Part 2 of 2
• Governor Brown on Realingment and Public Safety Part 1 of 3 – Press Conference
• Governor Brown on Realingment and Public Safety Part 2 of 3 – Press Conference
• Governor Brown on Realingment and Public Safety Part 3 of 3 – Press Conference
• California – State’s Death Penalty Gets New Judge
• Awarding Conduct Credits Under P.C. Sections 4019 and 2933 After October 1, 2011
• Felony Sentencing Following Enactment of 2011 Realignment Legislation
• California – Frequently Asked Questions About Criminal Justice Realignment from The Judicial Council of California / Administrative Office of…
• California – Frequently Asked Questions About Criminal Justice Realignment from The Judicial Council of California / Administrative Office of…
• A key Sept. 11 legacy: more domestic surveillance
• California – Alameda Probation Chief sees opportunity in prison reform
• California – Marin County set for influx of state prison parolees
• Los Angeles County District Attorney Cooley predicts dramatic crime spike under state plan
• California – Proposed measure would ditch death penalty, redirect savings
• California – Effort launched to repeal California’s death penalty
• California – Former Top Los Angeles prosecutor backs ending death penalty
• SAFE California ANNOUNCES INITIATIVE TO REPLACE California DEATH PENALTY
• California – Crime Lab Confidential: DA and San Francisco Police Department Withheld Damaging Memo About DNA Lab Failings
• Op-Ed: Reasonable Doubt and the Strauss-Kahn Case
• California – Los Angeles County – Community Corrections Partnership AB 109/117 (Public Safety Realignment) Implementation Plan
• Injustice, in plain sight – The trouble with eyewitness identifications
• Solano County jail braces for an influx of inmates from state prison
• Humboldt County justice system continues to face Public Safety Realignment challenges
• “A Ten-Step Guide to Transforming Probation Departments to Reduce Recidivism
• California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Public Safety Realignment Web Page
• California – Tulare County gears up for parolee shift
• California – Kings County Supes vote on prison inmate influx
• California – Marin D.A. Joins Summit On Prison Overcrowding
• Utah – ACLU report says public defender system in rural Utah counties failing
• New Jersey Court Orders Change to Witness ID Evidence
• Nuts & Bolts – Topic: Discovery Under The California Constitution (Or, Procedural Due Process Rocks!)
• California – Lassen County Sheriff addresses “Public Safety Realignment” issues
• California State Assembly passes cell-phone privacy bill
• Annual Felony Defense Practice Seminar – Yosemite National Park – Nov. 11-12, 2011
• California’s Public Safety Realignment – Offers Chance To Change Lives (Op-Ed article)
• A Lawyer in Minnesota Challenges the Accuracy of D.W.I. Breath Tests
• Justice in the balance – A USA TODAY investigation documented 201 criminal cases across the nation in which federal judges found that…
• California – Public Safety Realignment – Tehama County leaders develop prisoner influx plan
• California – Public Safety Realignment – San Bernardino County DA Ramos, Sheriff Hoops address looming effects of prisoners’ release
• California – Public Safety Realignment / AB 109 – Analysis by Garrick Byers
• World-Wide Criminal Justice Live News Feed
• Criminal Defense Lawyer Awaits Penalty for Telling Judge His Client Confessed to a Shooting
• California – Changes in mental health care system spur new optimism
• N.Y. Police, District Attorneys Endorse Video Recording of Interrogations
• California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: AB 109 (Criminal Justice “Realignment”)Final Crime Exclusion List
• The ACLU’s 12-Step Plan to End California’s Addiction to Incarceration
• ACLU of California – AB 109 Realignment Implementation Report
• Los Angeles County officials say crime would rise under new state prison plan
• Proposed Federal Legislation Puts Ethics Spotlight On Supreme Court Justices
• D.C. Sex-Offender Registry Deemed Constitutional
• California Judicial Council – Invitations to Comment: Civil Jury Instructions
• The Quiet Revolution In The Death Penalty Debate
• Sending the Police Before There’s a Crime
• California spending billions to build new prisons
• Op-Ed: California – Funding of new “Criminal Justice Realignment” is based on wrong criteria
• Indiana public defenders seeing progress
• Napa County officials prepare for correctional system influx
• Smart Reform Is Possible: States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs While Protecting Communities
• Op-Ed: Jeff Adachi Candidacy Tosses Life Preserver to San Francisco
• Proposed federal law would turn Internet providers into snoops
• San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Joins Mayor Race
• California – New professional conduct rules for attorneys go to the Supreme Court
• Yolo Judicial Watch Analysis: Yolo County with a Disproportionate Rate of Imprisonment
• Huffington Post Op-Ed – California Lagging Far Behind Texas On Criminal Justice
• California – Cumulative Legislative Update below includes new posts for August 8, 2011
• Indiana – Paying for the death penalty
• California – SB 490: Let the Voters Make an Informed Decision re: Death Penalty
• CPDA Cumulative California Legislative Update includes new posts for August 2 – 5, 2011
• California Report details misconduct by L.A. County sheriff’s deputies
• Jailhouse informant testimony law stirs up controversy
• Jaycee Dugard case spurs emotional discussion on state parole system
• Gideon Alert: NACDL report exposes Florida’s “no counsel” courts
• Garrido Parole Reforms Sought After State Capitol Meeting
• Los Angeles – Fullerton police beating of homeless man is under investigation
• Immigration Consequences – New Practice Advisories from Immigrant Legal Resource Center, San Francisco, CA
• California – New law requires corroboration of cellmate’s testimony
• CPDA Cumulative Legislative Update – 07/25/2011 – 08/01/2011
• Gov. signs SB 687 (Leno) – Criminal procedure: informants
• SACRAMENTO DISTRICT ATTORNEY NAMED PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
• California Supreme Court nominee may heal Brown’s legacy
• California – Annual Homicide Defense Seminar
• California MCLE Self-Study Criminal Defense Programs on DVD Video – Updated List
• California MCLE Specialty Areas Seminar
• Rhode Island public defender system an example to follow
• California Governor’s Legislative Action – Signed and Vetoed Lists – Updates 7/25/2011 – 7/27/2011
• Florida: Drug Laws Ruled Unconstitutional
• California Taxpayers for Justice – New web site established re: SB 490 – replacing the death penalty with life without the possibility of…
• System Overload: The Costs of Under-Resourcing Public Defender Services
• Are Criminal Background Checks Unfairly Discriminatory?
• Are Criminal Background Checks Unfairly Discriminatory?
• California Governor Jerry Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to Supreme Court
• California Governor Jerry Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to Supreme Court
• Fiscal and prison overcrowding crises could lead to Three-Strikes reform
• Budget Cuts Slash California Courts
• Budget Cuts Slash California Courts
• Los Angeles County wins 16-square-mile gang injunction
• Los Angeles County wins 16-square-mile gang injunction
• Californians would rather ease penalties than pay more for prisons
• McMartin Preschool abuse-case fiasco led to new child interview techniques
• Encryption defense attorney fights DOJ demands (Q&A)
• States look to right wrong convictions
• Georgia capital defender system advocate admits errors
• California Study: Shasta County felon rate high; ratio found to be out of proportion
• California – Santa Cruz Bar Association recognizes two attorneys
• California – Few sex offenders deemed ‘violent predators,’ audit finds
• California – 18 counties take outsized share of prison spending, study finds
• California Continuing Legal Education Program – Annual MCLE Specialty Areas Seminar
• California – Marin court abandons plan to put juvenile defendants in glass box
• In case you missed it – Senator Hancock’s press release re: SB 490′s passage out of Assembly Public Safety on July 7, 2011 –…
• Austrian Man Wins Right To Wear Pasta Strainer In License Photo
• CA Criminal Defense Attorneys: Immigration Advisory: Nunez-Reyes and Lujan-Armendariz
• Hunger Strike by Inmates Is Latest Challenge to California’s Prison System
• The Controversy Over ‘Little Gitmo’
• California – Marin County Plans to Put Juvenile Suspects in a Glass Cage
• 9th Circuit, First Drug Conviction – Lujan-Armendariz overturned – prospectively only
• Criminal justice research paper: “How Violent Crime Does Not Drive California Counties’ Incarceration Rates – And Why it…
• California – Legislators to introduce ‘Caylee’s Law’ in wake of murder case
• San Francisco weighs protecting ex-cons seeking homes, jobs
• California – Los Angeles County supervisors raise questions about parolee plan
• KQED Radio – Death Penalty Repeal Proposal – Talk Show
• Anti-Death Penalty Bill is Sound – Letter to the Editor
• Florida police groups adopt standards for eyewitness ID
• Washington Post Op-Ed: The death penalty and the costs of an obsession
• 2011 November 11-12 – Yosemite National Park – Felony Defense Seminar – Lodging Info.
• San Francisco – Man acquitted of concealed weapon charge on ‘necessity’ defense
• San Bernardino County Public defenders increase attorney fees
• Death Penalty, Still Racist and Arbitrary – NY Times Op-Ed
• EXECUTING THE WILL OF THE VOTERS?: A ROADMAP TO MEND OR END THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE’S MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR DEATH PENALTY DEBACLE
• Bill to let voters decide on death penalty passes first vote
• To Prevent False IDs, Police Lineups Get Revamped
• Editorial: California’s death penalty punishes taxpayers, not killers
• Woman escorted off US Airways flight after snapping photo
• California ‘three-strike’ sentences used less often 15 years later
• Strauss-Kahn and five other vexing sexual assault cases
• Justice Ginsburg not leaving court ‘anytime soon’ – “Liberals fear a conservative bench if Ginsburg leaves and a Dem not in…
• California – Man killed by officers was not armed, shot 55 times
• Illinois’ death row officially shuts down
• Strauss-Kahn Accuser’s Call Alarmed Prosecutors – NY Times
• Prison terms for crack cocaine offenses reduced – U.S. Sentencing Commission brings such sentences in line with the shorter terms given to…
• U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Warrantless GPS Surveillance Case
• California – Yolo County Presiding Judge Named Chair of Key California Judicial Council Committee
• Fresno Jury rejects Criego’s discrimination complaint against public defender
• New York State Suspends Participation in the Federal Secure Communities Program
• Could this be happening? A man’s nightmare made real – Louis Gonzalez III stood accused of unspeakable acts: kidnapping, torture, sexual…
• Could this be happening? A man’s nightmare made real – Louis Gonzalez III stood accused of unspeakable acts: kidnapping, torture, sexual…
• California – State chief justice blasts budget deal
• California – State chief justice blasts budget deal
• Woman who recorded police is off the hook
• Woman who recorded police is off the hook
• California – BAN ON DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION WILL BE INTRODUCED ON MONDAY, JUNE 27TH
• California – BAN ON DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION WILL BE INTRODUCED ON MONDAY, JUNE 27TH
• California – Annual Homicide Defense Seminar – September 9th & 10th, 2011 – San Diego
• California – Annual Homicide Defense Seminar – September 9th & 10th, 2011 – San Diego
• Criminal defense attorney arrested while trying to advise client who had been arrested, he claims
• Please Log In If You Are A CPDA Member (To Access Criminal Defense Practice Resources)
• California – STANISLAUS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE – PROFILE
• California budget cuts slash monitoring of gang parolees
• Miami federal judge rules Florida’s death penalty unconstitutional
• Candidates for San Francisco District Attorney Square Off in Debate
• Woman arrested for video-recording police from front yard
• California – Fresno County jail meeting mental health requirements
• Innocence Commission recommends ways to fix eyewitness identification problems
• Seattle – Contract public defenders suing Seattle
• California legislator plans to introduce legislation to “Ban death penalty to save money”
• North Carolina Man Allegedly Robs Bank of $1 to Get Health Care in Jail
• Law grads going solo and loving it
• Study puts price tag on wrongful convictions in Illinois at $214 million
• San Fran Confidential: Cases Dropped Due to Alleged Police Corruption
• Tulare County gang-free zone challenged
• Mistakes about race corrupt many eyewitness accounts – By Paula Wissel – KPLU 88.5 FM
• Death penalty costs California $184 million a year, study says
• Juvenile court overbilling issue has indigent criminal defense attorneys on edge
• Anti-union Republicans seize their moment
• Unhappy 40th Anniversary, War on Drugs!
• Justice’s friendship with Dallas magnate puts focus on ethics – In question is Clarence Thomas’s role in major contributor’s…
• States balk at illegal immigrant fingerprint plan
• Veteran public defender writes quirky bedtime tales
• Justices act differently for women
• Police officer tweeted about pistol whippings – Had previously made comments on MySpace about killing people
• Op Ed by Former President Jimmy Carter: Call Off the Global Drug War
• Poll: California voters favor revamping ‘Three Strikes’
• Supreme Court Expands Juveniles Miranda Rights – Wall Street Journal Law Blog – By Nathan Koppel
• New York Times Editorial – Can Justice Be Bought?
• Connecticut Lawmaker Takes A Victory Lap 31 Years In Making
• National Practice Advisory – Understanding Immigration Detainers: – An Overview for State Defense Counsel
• North Carolina – Cut in pay for court-appointed attorneys trims rolls
• California Survey: Public Says Reform, Don’t Destroy Pensions
• ‘Political paralysis’ in California over prison reform
• California – Advocates for changing public pensions say previous concessions don’t go far enough
• Editorial – Law enforcement and cellphone searches
• National Report: Indigent defense services spending increasesJun 13, 2011 2:05 PM
• False Memories: The Perils of Eyewitness IDs
• F.B.I. agents get leeway to push privacy bounds
• Fair and Effective Pretrial Justice Practices – Policy Statement by the American Council of Chief Public Defenders
• Sacramento County DA faces new staff cuts
• California – Yolo County District Attorney’s office going paperless
• Op-Ed Article: At least 4 good reasons to end the war on drugs
• Oregon’s federal public defender, has created a crack legal team to follow the rule of law, even fighting for those accused of terrorism
• Defense asks Indiana high court to rehear police case
• California – Sacramento County supervisors OK $30M in cuts, including 300 layoffs
• California – Sacramento County supervisors OK $30M in cuts, including 300 layoffs
• California – Los Angeles – Double-blind police line-up procedures will be explored
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Joins Amicus Brief Urging Ohio Supreme Court to Find Warrantless GPS Tracking Unconstitutional
• Florida Bar pushing lawyers into the digital age
• California – State says taxes needed to reduce prison population
• Los Angeles Police Commission votes to kill red-light camera program
• Monterey County Board of Supervisors Approves ‘painful’ cuts
• Monterey County Board of Supervisors Approves ‘painful’ cuts
• FBI arrests California lawyer and police officer on bribery charges
• 2011 Summer Basic Trial Skills Institute Information
• Nevada County DA took loan favors – Lenders of ‘hard money’ accused of bilking investors
• California Law Enforcement Scandal: FBI, U.S. Attorney Take Over Investigation
• California state bar presidential candidates hope for a quiet year
• California news: Should DA run rap sheets on police witnesses?
• Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Minneapolis Youth Violence Prevention Conference
• Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks Before the U.S. Sentencing Commission
• California – Press Conference to be Held in SF East Bay Law Enforcement Scandal
• Preventable Error – Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997-2009 by the Northern California Innocence Project
• Preventable Error – Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 2010 by the Northern California Innocence Project
• Some DUI cases likely to be dismissed because of faulty breathalyzer
• Justice Interviews – San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi on KPOO FM
• Washington State – Public Defenders Fight Caseload Proposal
• California – Gone but not forgotten: Yolo County honors those who had nothing
• California – Gone but not forgotten: Yolo County honors those who had nothing
• San Francisco Police Department Scandal: DA to Dismiss 26 Felony Cases
• Several laptops stolen from public defender in Colorado Springs
• Ruminations On Law – Memorial Day and DUI Checkpoints
• Massachusetts Senate OKs $30.5 billion state budget
• Senators Say Patriot Act Is Being Misinterpreted
• Managing Attorney – Shasta Regional Office – Redding, California. Legal Services of Northern California
• California – Fresno County – Public safety needs funding
• San Francisco whistleblower program comes under fire
• California – Nevada County Public Defender’s Office hikes fees to improve cost recovery
• Abolishing the Civil Forfeiture Racket: National Legal Groups Join Forces to End Civil Forfeiture
• San Francisco Judge Strikes Down Injunctions Used By SF Housing Authority
• San Francisco Judge Strikes Down Injunctions Used By SF Housing Authority
• New York Times – In a California Prison, Bunk Beds Replace Pickup Games
• Op-Ed Column in LA Times by Steve Lopez – Hope for reform of California’s prison system?
• LA Times Editorial – How lowering California’s prison population is good for the state
• California state budget special election: An update
• California – Audit: 1,500 California inmates incorrectly released without supervision
• Law Enforcement Leaders Say High-Quality Early Care and Education Helps to Reduce Crime, Lower Prison Costs
• Law Enforcement Leaders Say High-Quality Early Care and Education Helps to Reduce Crime, Lower Prison Costs
• 2011 San Francisco – Justice Summit: An Ode to Criminal Defense
• 2011 San Francisco – Justice Summit: An Ode to Criminal Defense
• “Foresthill: A Public Defender’s Bedtime Reader” – New book out by a criminal defense attorney
• “Foresthill: A Public Defender’s Bedtime Reader” – New book out by a criminal defense attorney
• California – Retiring LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley discusses career
• Arizona – Public Defender’s Office Recognized by Supervisors
• Op-Ed archives: Texas – Well-funded, independent public defender’s office is needed to balance scales of justice for defendants
• Oakland, California – Latino gangs defined by the colors they wear
• Proposed Humboldt County cuts squeeze departments: DA, DHHS, public defender all warn cuts will carry consequences
• The Seattle Times – Editorial – Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment ruling gives police too much discretion
• California – San Bernardino County – Public defenders turn to iPad for complete digital case management
• Ohio – Butler County shifts to new public defender system
• Michigan fails to defend the poor
• San Francisco DA Gascón faces serious competition in D.A.’s race
• Teen’s arrest for filming police marks an alarming trend
• Texas: Editorial – Eyewitness ID reform a big step, but lawmakers’ work remains
• California – San Joaquin County – Budgetary curiosity aimed at public defenders – Supervisor asks for study to look at…
• California – Gilroy man charged with killing Chihuahua faces life in prison
• Texas: Eyewitness ID reforms headed to the governor
• SF Appeal: Cops, Prosecutors, And Defense Attorneys Square Off At Police Misconduct Forum
• Op-Ed – New York – Prevent wrongful convictions
• San Francisco DA Unveils New Diversion Program
• San Francisco police to carry video cameras during arrests – By: Brent Begin 05/18/11 4:00 AM Examiner Staff Writer
• Top County Defense Attorney Gets Life-Saving Treatment for Blood-Vessel Tear
• San Francisco – New round of theft accusations against S.F. cops draws angry response from police officer’s union
• Los Angeles – District Attorney Steve Cooley won’t run for 4th term; he endorses deputy district attorney Jacquelyn Lacey
• Washington/Idaho Federal public defender’s job opens
• Right to counsel: Divergence of opinion leaves law unsettled in Wisconsin
• SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi Has New SF Police Misconduct Video
• L.A. County Probation Department in turmoil
• Lawmaker seeks end to CA parole law
• Op-Ed – Kill the Death Penalty – by Bill Ong HingProfessor of Law, University of San Francisco
• Former California prisons leader joins fight against death penalty
• California – Crime novelist Sheldon Siegel to address San Francisco’s real-life justice system
• 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award – Public Defender Gregory Paraskou
• Former Judges in Court: When ‘Your Honor’ Becomes Your Problem
• S.F. Theft investigation centers on plainclothes cops
• Federal judge: Gang injunction violated constitutional rights
• 2011 Convention Keynote and Awards Program
• SF Public Defender: Surveillance Video Shows Police Officers Lied
• NPR – Bob Dylan’s Words Find Place In Legal Writings
• Gerry Spence on Liberty – Learn how to Fight the Fascists
• CPDA 2011 Gideon Award – Julia Reynolds, news reporter, Monterey Herald News
• 2011 “Defender of The Year Award” – Jan Lecklikner, Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco County
• Video: “Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz” – Keynote Address by Professor Barbara Babcock at the CPDA 42nd Annual Convention
• New York – Monroe County Bar Association seeks change in way public defender selected
• An Examination of Authoritarianism as an Indicator of Juror Bias
• How NOT To Use Powerpoint
• Killer Presentation Skills
• Scent of a Woman – Ending Speech
• Paul Newman – The Verdict – Closing Argument
• J. Tony Serra’s Youtube.com Channel
• $1.6 Mill Trial Verdict with Punitives – Closing Argument – Dennis Wilenchik
• Criminal Defense – Miscellaneous Video Playlist
• Criminal Defense – Miscellaneous Video Playlist
• In Defense of Defense Lawyers – Video
• In Defense of Defense Lawyers – Video
• Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorney
• Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorney
• San Francisco Reentry Summits – Youtube.com videos
• San Francisco Reentry Summits – Youtube.com videos
• SF Bay Area Criminal Defense Attorney Susan Leff receives National Defense Investigators Association’s “Profiles in Courage Award…
• Prominent Criminal and Defense Attorney, Stephen P. Naratil, Predicts U.S. Supreme Court will Review and Reverse California’s Recent Cell Phone…
• Steven Wax, Oregon’s federal public defender, to debate John Yoo, ‘torture memos’ author
• Santa Clara County DA reins in overzealous attorney – By Tracey Kaplan, Mercury News
• Defending SVP Cases Seminar – July 9, 2011 – Berkeley, California
• North Carolina – Indigent defense pay cuts rile lawyers
• North Carolina – Indigent defense pay cuts rile lawyers
• A lack of independence in Georgia’s public defense system
• California – Santa Clara DA reviewing 865 DUI cases after breathalyzers deemed faulty
• South Carolina’s public defenders say they’re near the breaking point
• Wall Street Journal Law Blog – New York Plans to Boost Its Support of Public Defenders May 03, 2011
• May 3, 2011 – L.A. NOW – California says it won’t resume executions this year
• THE WEEK’S CASES: CPDA Members only via Claraweb.us web site.
• THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending April 29, 2011
• LA Times Editorial: Unlicensed drivers: Impounding is not the answer
• 60s Rocker/Public Defender Barry Melton: The Long Strange Trip of a Psychedelic Icon –
• 60s Rocker Barry Melton going strong onstage, in court
• S.F’s district attorney on the death penalty – George Gascón – Sunday, May 1, 2011
• California State Task Force for Criminal Justice Collaboration on Mental Health Issues releases final report
• Gov. Brown cancels plans to build new Death Row
• Spies in blue – A secret memo indicates that SF cops may be working as FBI spies — with no local oversight
• San Francisco county deputy public defender sues Alameda County Sheriff’s Office
• San Francisco county deputy public defender sues Alameda County Sheriff’s Office
• OP-ED: ON THE DEFENSIVE: Wisconsin needs to address over-criminalization
• OP-ED: ON THE DEFENSIVE: Wisconsin needs to address over-criminalization
• In the age of the Internet: How The Police Get Your Phone Records – By Rachel Swaby
• In the age of the Internet: How The Police Get Your Phone Records – By Rachel Swaby
• CPDA 2011 Gideon Award to go to Monterey County Herald news reporter Julia Reynolds for “Impulses Stress Young Brains” article
• CPDA 2011 Gideon Award to go to Monterey County Herald news reporter Julia Reynolds for “Impulses Stress Young Brains” article
• California – Riverside County Board of Supervisors to review report on indigent defense
• California – Riverside County Board of Supervisors to review report on indigent defense
• Yolo County’s Public Defender there for those in need
• LA Daily News Op Ed – Don’t re-traumatize foster youths in court
• California’s court reporters fight to protect their turf
• New Michigan Law: Teens with Consensual Sex Offenses May Remove Stigma
• San Francisco County Public Defender’s Youtube Channel
• Grand jury criticizes Riverside County’s legal defense contract process
• Test API calls
• Colorado – Editorial (gazette.com)
• Social Media: A New Jury Selection Tool
• Wall Street Journal Law Blog – When Wiretapping Runs Wild
• iPhone tracking shocked pair who made discovery
• Former prison guard sentenced for smuggling phones to inmates
• Washington Post – Op.Ed – Five myths about church and state in America
• Government officials want answers to secret iPhone tracking – Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., got down to business
• Wisconsin – Proposed change in criminal-cases subpoena process anticipated
• NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Public Defenders Cover Security Cameras – Juvenile Court Judge Gives Office Permission
• District of Columbia Attorney and Investigators Indicted for Alleged Roles in Scheme to Obstruct Justice in Criminal Case
• California – County Government Works: Breaking the Cycle in San Benito
• Chief Justice Appoints New Judicial Council Internal Committee to Oversee Case Management System
• MSNBC News – Gadget gives cops quick access to cell phone data
• Your iPhone is secretly tracking you all the time – Your iPhone has a hidden feature:
• Criminal Case Digests March – April 2011
• CPDA Awards Web Page
• California – Sacramento Public defenders’ group fights county layoffs
• Supreme Court ruling limits new evidence in death penalty appeals
• Eyewitness Identification Issues – Getting guilty right
• Oregon cops hope classical music deters loiterers
• Supreme Court shields prosecutors in wrongful convictions
• 2010 Felony Defense November 5-6 – Yosemite National Park DVD Self-Study
• 2010 Felony Defense November 5-6 – Yosemite National Park DVD Self-Study
• AP Report: State budget crises push sentencing reforms
• AP Report: State budget crises push sentencing reforms
• Listen to SF Police Chief Jeff Godown’s Press Conference Defending SFPD, Slamming SF Public Defender Adachi on Video Issue
• Listen to SF Police Chief Jeff Godown’s Press Conference Defending SFPD, Slamming SF Public Defender Adachi on Video Issue
• Domestic violence panel to assist victims
• Domestic violence panel to assist victims
• CPDA Continuing Legal Education Calendar of Events
• Major New York Times article: Shaken-Baby Syndrome Faces New Questions in Court
• The California Public Defenders Association’s 42nd Annual Convention Training Program
• California Public Defenders Association presents the Third Annual Two-Day DUI Defense Practice Institute
• Washington Post Editorial – Justice delayed
• Wrong Convictions Merit Study
• Targeting Lawyers: The Case of Paul Bergrin
• Public Defenders For All? Justice Demands It
• 2009 San Francisco Pubilc Defender Justice Summit
• Solano County attorney looks back on decades of service in Solano County
• California – Shasta County defendants, lawyers, praise revamped system
• New Book Exposes “Painful Errors in the American Judicial System”
• L.A. County District Attorney says he may run for AG
• Mendocino County – Computer upgrades coming to Sheriff’s Office
• California – Chief Public Defender – Marin County – Job Announcement
• Public defender must staff misdemeanor courts – Opinion Column by Aram James
• The benefits of contracts for defense services
• New Contra Costa public defender already working to improve
• California Continuing Legal Ed. – Winning Strategies For A New Decade – April 10, 2010
• Defender Office MANAGEMENT TRAINING SEMINAR – May 13, 2010 – Palm Springs
• California criminal defense attorney continuing legal education events schedule
• Los Angeles County Public Defender Michael Judge Honored as “Person of The Year” in Los Angeles
• Los Angeles County Public Defender Michael Judge to Retire
• 2010 Convention Early Notice – May 14th/15th (Fri/Sat) – Save dates + Lodging Info.
• Remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Dept. of Justice National Symposium on Indigent Defense
• Winning Strategies For A New Decade Seminar – Updated Topics and set for Saturday, April 10th in San Diego
• California Chief Justice Delivers Annual State of the Judiciary Address to Legislature
• Forensic Mental Health Assoc. Annual Conference Announcement
• Criminal Defense Attorney? Check out the CPDA 41st Annual Convention Training Program in Palm Springs this May 14-15th
• Defense attorney? Handle DUI/DWI cases? Advance Notice / Lodging Info – Annual DUI Defense Institute – San Diego June 4-5th
• Attn. Public Defender Offices – RFP from Center for Holistic Defense – re: Technical Assistance
• California Immigration Advocates Applaud Supreme Court Decision (Padilla v. Kentucky)
• California – Marin County – Public defender aide promoted to top job
• A Defending Immigrants Partnership Practice Advisory – After Padilla v. Kentucky
• Editorial: Sensible parole policies needed amid tough-on-crime talk
• The Padilla Advisory: Duty of Criminal Defense Counsel to Advise Clients of Immigration Consequences Webinar
• Public defender union sues county officials over transfer of defender services to independent contractors
• California Public Defenders Association to Honor Michael P. Judge
• There Must Be Justice: 2010 Public Defender’s Justice Summit—May 19, 9 a.m. -2:30 p.m.
• The California Public Defenders Association presents – New Approaches to Gang & Other Cases
• A message from the CPDA President to the members of the California Public Defenders Association
• 2010 CPDA Defender Program of The Year Award – The Office of The Public Defender of San Bernardino County’s “Alternative Approaches To…
• Solano County names new public defender
• CA Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions – latest release of proposed revisions and additions to the criminal instructions (CALCRIM) for public…
• Attn: Defense Attorneys – 2010 August 21 – Ensuring Immigration Competence After Padilla v. Kentucky – Berkeley, CA
• Ensuring Immigration Competence After Padilla v. Kentucky
• California Defense Attorneys – MCLE Specialty Areas Annual Seminar – San Diego
• Updated details re: Continuing legal education for defense attorneys re: Immigration competence after Padilla v. Kentucky
• California – THE FRESNO BEE – Letter to the editor – Backs public defender
• California – Fresno County – Report questions contract public defenders
• Attention Defense Attorneys – Annual Felony Defense Practice Seminar – November 5-6, 2010 – Yosemite National Park
• California MCLE Seminar – Creative Approaches To Final Argument
• 2011 CACJ/CPDA Capital Case Defense Seminar is coming up – Feb. 2011
• Inyo County Contract Attorney – Public Defender Services
• Three Plead Guilty to Civil Rights Conspiracy in Connection with Cross Burning in Athens, Louisiana
• Joint U.S.-Croatia Statement on Preventing and Combating Serious Crime Agreement
• Two Virginia Businessmen Charged with Illegally Reimbursing Senate and Presidential Campaign Contributions
• Statement of the Attorney General on the Shootings in Elkins, West Virginia
• Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division Speaks at Armenian Power Takedown Press Conference
• Justice Department Signs Agreement with the Town of Swansea, Massachusetts, to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities
• Twenty People Indicted in Florida for Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Approximately $200 Million in Medicare Billing
• Latin Kings Leader Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy Related to His Gang Activities
• FBI and Justice Department Response to NAS Review of Scientific Approaches Used During the Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Letters
• Former California Congressional Candidate Sentenced to Federal Prison for Lying During Investigation