Civil Rights
Ninth Circuit Decision Weighs Police Intrusion Known as ‘Chalking Tires’
Last month the Ninth Circuit published a decision on the constitutional implications of what may be perceived by some as a small, annoying police intrusion – chalking the tires of parked cars. The Ninth Circuit’s holding in Verdun creates a Circuit Split over the issue and includes some
Civil Case Updates for Criminal Practitioners Archive (May 2018)
Police liability for fabricating evidence
Caldwell v. City & Cty. of S.F., No. 16-15473, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 12335 (9th Cir. May 11, 2018)
Mr. Caldwell spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime that evidence later showed he did not commit. He sued the police department and individual
Civil Case Updates for Criminal Practitioners Archive (March 2018)
“The Cops Beat the Crap Out of Me” and Preclusion of Civil Suits by Criminal Guilty Pleas
Byrd v. Phoenix Police Dep’t, No. 16-16152, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6575 (9th Cir., March 16, 2018).
This case teaches two things: 1) pleading guilty to a drug
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Ninth Circuit Decision Weighs Police Intrusion Known as ‘Chalking Tires’
Last month the Ninth Circuit published a decision on
Civil Case Updates for Criminal Practitioners Archive (May 2018)
Police liability for fabricating evidence
Caldwell v. City & Cty.
