Heien v. North Carolina: Implications for California Law

On December 15, the United States Supreme Court released its opinion in Heien v. North Carolina . The Court held that a police officer's...

Robinson on the Rise and Degradation of Criminal Codes

From the CrimProf Blog , I learned about Paul Robinson's essay , The Rise and Fall and Resurrection of American Criminal Codes . Here is...

The First Conviction Under California's Revenge Porn Law

The Los Angeles City Attorney announced that it has secured a conviction against Noe Iniguez, who posted nude photographs of his ex-girlfri...

Shoplifting: Proposition 47's Strange Addition to California's Law of Theft

California's Proposition 47 (Prop 47) reduces a number of California felonies to misdemeanors. I have already blogged  that one of Prop...

Bloomberg Businessweek Decides to Traumatize California Bar Examinees...

...by publishing this article , titled Why Did So Many People Flunk the Bar Exam This Year? It begins: The most recent bar exam test results...

Proposition 47 and Petty Theft

California’s recent Proposition 47 (Prop 47) has reduced a number of former felonies to misdemeanors. One of Prop 47’s most sweeping change...