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Prosecutorial Investigations

Prosecutorial Investigations Standards on Prosecutorial Investigations (Full Text) ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: Prosecutorial Investigations Approved February 2008 Preamble A prosecutor’s investigative role, responsibilities and potential liability are different from…

Lying Cops – PC 129 Penal Code – Preparing False Statement or Report Under Oath

Lying Cop or Citizen – PC 129 – Preparing False Statement or Report Under Oath Preparing False Statement or Report Under Oath Penal Code Section 129 is part of the…

PC 236 Penal Code – False Imprisonment

Penal Code § 236 PC – False Imprisonment – California Law California Penal Code § 236 PC defines the crime of “false imprisonment” as unlawfully restraining, detaining, or confining a…

PC 146 Penal Code – False Arrest

2011 California Code Penal Code 146 PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice Section 146 Every public officer, or person pretending to be a…

Counterman v. Colorado – Supreme Court sets higher bar for prosecuting threats under First Amendment

Counterman v. Colorado – Supreme Court sets higher bar for prosecuting threats under First Amendment justices raising the bar for establishing when a statement is a “true threat” not protected…

Prosecutor’s Obligation to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence

What is Exculpatory Evidence? – Definition, Examples & Importance Exculpatory evidence is any evidence in a criminal trial that supports the idea that the defendant is not guilty. In this…

Making Annoying Phone Calls – California Penal Code 653m

Making Annoying Phone Calls – California Penal Code 653m Making annoying phone calls in described under California Penal Code Section 653m. This statute makes it a crime to make repeated…

Paglia & Associates Construction v. Hamilton – Public Internet Posts & Public Criticisms – Bad Reviews

Paglia & Associates Construction v. Hamilton – Public Internet Posts & Public Criticisms – Bad Reviews In the case before the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second…

The Right To Know: How To Fulfill The Public’s Right Of Access To Police Records

The Right To Know: How To Fulfill The Public’s Right Of Access To Police Records Democracy depends on the public’s right to know what its government is doing, so it…

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department SB-1421 Records

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department SB-1421 Records Effective January 1, 2019, Senate Bill 1421 (SB 1421) amended Penal Code Section 832.7 which generally made all peace officer personnel records and…

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