PAUL Q. GOYETTE Founder Goyette, Ruano & Thompson, Inc. After almost five weeks of trial, a San Joaquin jury acquitted Stanislaus County Deputy Justin Wall of voluntary manslaughter, a case that arose from an officer-involved shooting in 2017. If convicted, Deputy Wall could have faced up to 11 years in […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
DAVID E. MASTAGNI Partner Mastagni Holstedt, APC On September 30, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 490 (Gipson), which “prohibit[s] a law enforcement agency from authorizing techniques or transport methods that involve a substantial risk of positional asphyxia, as defined.”1 This law is an expansion of AB 1196 (Gipson), […]
ROBERT RABE Associate Stone Busailah, LLP Summary In Tekoh v. County of Los Angeles, an officer obtained a confession in a custodial interrogation and no Miranda warning was given. At trial, the defendant was found not guilty and sued under 42 USC §1983. The Ninth Circuit found that violating Miranda […]
KEN YUWILER Partner Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC On June 27, 2014, Inglewood Police Sergeant Loren Robinson got involved in a foot pursuit that resulted in an officer-involved shooting. As a result of the shooting and while defending himself, Robinson’s hand was significantly injured and required surgery. […]