Administrative Warrants Impermissible to Search Premises if Primary Motivation is Search for Evidence in Criminal Investigation
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel James R. Touchstone, Esq. and David R. Demurjian, Esq., Jones & Mayer In the case entitled U.S. v. Grey, the Court of Appeals for the […]
Curfew Enforcement
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, James R. Touchstone, Esq., Jones & Mayer California and the nation are experiencing large-scale community reaction following the tragic death, at the hands of law […]
A City’s Efforts to Redact Electronic Data Prior to Delivering Responsive Records in Response to a Public Records Act Request is not Compensable
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, Gregory P. Palmer, Jones & Mayer On May 28, 2020, the California Supreme Court issued the long-awaited opinion in National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Bay […]
The Judicial Councils Emergency Rule 4s Bail Schedule Sets Presumptive Bail Amount for Covered Offenses and Violations Which May be Modified by Superior Court
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel James R. Touchstone, Esq., Jones & Mayer As part of California’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Judicial Council, on April 6, 2020, adopted Emergency […]
Supreme Court “Ducks” Concerning Whether New York City Ordinance Imposing Travel Restrictions Upon Handgun Licensees Violates the Second Amendment
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel James R. Touchstone, Esq., Jones & Mayer In a 6-3 decision on April 27, 2020, the United States Supreme Court in N.Y. State Rifle & […]
Law Enforcement Evaluation of COVID-19 Health Order Protests
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Richard A. Lucero, Esq. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered many of the most fundamental expectancies of our democratic republic. Personal liberty, […]
Southern District of California Grants Preliminary Injunction Enjoining Ammunition Background Check and Ammunition Anti-Importation Laws
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel James R. Touchstone, Esq., Jones & Mayer On April 23, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, in Rhode v. […]
Governor’s Executive Order N-54-20 and its Effect on Reasonable Suspicion for a Traffic Stop for Registration Violations
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, Paul R. Coble and James R. Touchstone, Jones & Mayer On April 22, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-54-20 (“the Order”) in which are […]
Reasonable Suspicion for a Traffic Stop may Exist when an Officer Reasonably Believes that the Registered Owner’s Driver’s License has been Revoked
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel James R. Touchstone, Esq., Jones & Mayer In an 8-1 decision, in Kansas v. Glover,1 the Supreme Court of the United States held that when […]
HIPAA Disclosures – COVID 19 – First Responders
Provided by CPOA Legal Counsel, Paul R. Coble, Jones & Mayer A recurrent question of late has been what, if any, information can be relayed to first responders – Police […]
