Front Line Report

December 2005 

• Legislators make numerous changes to criminal law.
• Police not civilly liable for failing to enforce restraining orders (Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales).
• "Badge fraud" operation shut down.
• Court reverses abandonment conviction: Defendant "left" corpse (State v. William Jones Jr.).
• Son dies; evidence supports endangerment conviction.
• Case law.

June 2005 

• Legislators OK fix for concealed-carry law.
• Meth legislation awaits signing.
• Inventory searches limited: appeals court.
• Missouri Supreme Court upholds convictions, says search is consensual.
• Using dog during lawful traffic stop not Fourth Amendment violation.
• Killer guilty of first-degree murder, had time to deliberate.
• Case law.