December 1997 

• AGO targets meth labs.
• AG's Office joins national task force.
• Legislative proposals geared for troubled youth.
• Map of meth labs investigated in 1997.
• Criminal defense lawyers can get fees.
• Officer's intent questioned in inventory search.
• Case law roundup.

June 1997 

• AG's Office shuts down online casino.
• U.S. Supreme Court to hear pursuit liability case.
• Officer could be liable in car repossession case.
• Legislative update.
• Bill would reform prison litigation, allow prosecutor to appeal mental fitness ruling.
• Bill makes extensive changes to pawnbroker law.
• Case law roundup.

April 1997 

• Nixon campaigns for crime victims: More judicial rights sought.
• Missouri leads region in meth lab seizures (with map).
• Police can order passengers out of vehicles.
• Police officers target of assaults.
• Non-certified peace officers limited on police powers.
• No overtime pay for St. Louis officers
• Case law roundup.

January 1997 

• No guns for convicted officers: New federal law affects all law enforcement.
• Qualification form to carry guns.
• AG pushes crime-fighting initiatives for 1997.
• DWI/Vehicular Homicide Seminar in February.
• State Supreme Court upholds drug checkpoints.
• Case law roundup.