June 1999 

• State crime bill OK'd, awaits signing.
• U.S. Supreme Court broadens car searches.
• U.S. Supreme Court rules no media ride-alongs.
• Legislators pass law enforcement-related bills.
• House bill broadens sexual predator law.
• Senate bill establishes crime of identity theft.
• Drunken driver's murder conviction upheld on appeal.
• Federal appeals court affirms firing of officer.

April 1999 

• Nixon opposes reducing time.
• SUV cargo search ruled legal.
• Drunken driving conviction reversed.
• Law enforcement-related bills being debated.
• Federal appeals court rules prosecutors can use pre-Miranda confession.
• Case law roundup.

January 1999 

• U.S. Supreme Court rulings: Employers liable, searches limited.
• AG's Meth Prosecution Strike Force at full force.
• Identity theft now a federal crime.
• 8th Circuit upholds search based on mistaken identity.
• U.S. Supreme Court to review "civil" seizures.
• Gun makers under assault.
• State permit, check still are required for handgun buyers.
• Case law roundup.