Criminal Law and Policy News and Events for the University of Arizona Community

High Court to review AZ v. Gant this Fall

The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to review Arizona v. Gant during its next term.  See LCJSP speaker below.

LCJSP speaker, Wed. Feb. 27

Lisa Judge and Baird Greene, Tucson City Attorney's Office (amicus curaie in State v. Gant, 162 P.3d 640 (Ariz. 2007)), Car Stops and the Fourth Amendment.

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This week's trials in Pima County Superior Court

This week's Superior Court Criminal trials are shown here:

http://www.pcao.pima.gov/press.htm

Professor Silverman in the News

Professor Andy Silverman was quoted in two news stories: The Daily Star reported on Former Inmates Learn: It's Not Easy Being Clean, talking about the struggles of inmates to reenter free society.  Professor Silverman talked about the difficulty of former inmates in getting housing.  He is also quoted in Threw Away The Key, a Tucson Weekly story about an inmate serving what the story calls life without parole for some 1976 robberies.  He is also quoted in this Tucson Citizen story on the Arizona Department of Corrections (registration required). Finally, here is his amusing YouTube video about the history of the legal clinics at the U of A.

Car Stops and the 4th Amendment's Exclusionary Rule

Next Wednesday, February 27, LCJSP speakers will address car stops and the 4th Amendment.  Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court  granted cert in a car stop case that tests an exception to the exclusionary rule (Herring v. U.S., 07-513).  Going on information from a neighboring county that there existed an outstanding warrant for appellant Herring's failure to appear in court to face a felony charge, a deputy followed and pulled Herring over, finding meth on Herring's person and a gun under his seat.  Approximately 10-15 minutes after obtaining the information of the outstanding warrant, county employees determined that the warrant was no longer active.  Yet Herring had already been taken into custody, and he was eventually found guilty and sentenced - this, despite his efforts to suppress evidence that he maintains was seized in the course of a wrongful arrest.  The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling agreed with lower court rulings that the evidence was admissible based on what was deemed a good-faith effort by police.  The Court also recently heard oral arguments in a similar case.  There's an excellent history of the exlusionary rule over at Findlaw.

LCJSP speaker, Wed. Feb. 20

Sam Hill (2L), My Experiences in the U.S. Border Patrol.

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This week's trials in Pima County Superior Court

This week's Superior Court Criminal trials are shown here:

http://www.pcao.pima.gov/press.htm

LCJSP speaker, Wed., Feb. 13

University of Arizona Police Dept. Chief Tony Daykin, U of A Attorney Bruce Skolnik, and Professor Jack Chin, Guns on Campus: Law and Policy (Utah article).

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Columbus Dispatch: Multi-Part Series on Wrongful Convictions

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This week's trials in Pima County Superior Court

This week's Superior Court Criminal trials are shown here:

http://www.pcao.pima.gov/press.htm