CPOA CASE SUMMARIES – AUGUST 2020
Courtesy of James, R. Touchstone, Esq. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/POLICE CONDUCT Defendant in vehicle detained, not when passenger who exited vehicle was detained, but thereafter when sheriff’s deputy, after smelling marijuana from […]
CPOA CASE SUMMARIES – JULY 2020
Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/POLICE CONDUCT Police officers’ use of deadly force was reasonable where driver attempting to flee ignored commands to stop and drove near, […]
CPOA CASE SUMMARIES – MAY 2020
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, James R. Touchstone, Jones & Mayer COVID-19 EMERGENCY The Judicial Council’s Emergency Rule 4’s bail schedule sets presumptive bail amount for covered offenses and violations, […]
CPOA CASE SUMMARIES – APRIL 2020
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, James R. Touchstone, Jones & Mayer CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A. Reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop may exist when an officer reasonably believes that the registered […]
CPOA CASE SUMMARIES – MARCH 2020
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, James R. Touchstone, Jones & Mayer CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A. Search of parolee’s cellphone did not violate Fourth Amendment because legitimate interest existed in determining whether […]
CPOA CASE SUMMARIES – FEBRUARY 2020
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, James R. Touchstone, Jones & Mayer A. Juvenile correctional officer improperly granted summary judgment on a juvenile detainee’s 42 U.S.C. section 1983 Fourteenth Amendment claims […]
CPOA CASE SUMMARIES – JANUARY 2020
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, James R. Touchstone, Jones & Mayer CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A. California charter cities are not exempt from compliance with Government Code section 7284.6, which prohibits state […]
CPOA CASE SUMMARIES – DECEMBER 2019
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, James R. Touchstone, Jones & Mayer CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A. Defendant’s electronic device search condition was invalid under People v. Lent because it imposed a significant […]
