Video evidence tells a very different story than what this deputy and his partner wrote in their reports of a suspect’s chase and arrest. An appeals court decision in February allows the case to proceed to trial on the charged offenses.

In a January appellate decision, the court compared the intrusiveness of fixed cameras throughout a city capturing public movements and cellphone and aerial surveillance compiled while tracking an individual’s movements over a length of time. Big…

A federal case decided in February delves into issues of conflicting consent to search a residence when tenants disagree, and perhaps more importantly, whether the one objecting is in the “immediate vicinity” of the residence for his objection to…

Officers park behind and approach a man talking on his phone in his car, illuminating him with their flashlights. After some casual conversation, they discover he’s on parole, search and find a gun. The trial court ruled one way, the appeals court…

Blood draws from a DUI suspect may be performed only after obtaining either a search warrant, a valid express consent, or under exigent circumstances with probable cause. The Vehicle Code’s implied consent provisions under V.C. § 23612(a)(5) do not…