Case Study: Cardona V. Arizona

Aguiar stated that Flores arrived just before he did to the call and that their initial contact with each other was ok. They both walked up to the location together searching for the entrance to the location. Once inside the location Aguiar stated that Flores seemed agitated not at him but at the people in the residence, perhaps because she was trying to deal with subjects who were intoxicated. Corporal Aguiar told me that the main reason he believed that Officer Flores had handcuffed Witness Vasquez, was to arrest her for 647(f) Public Intoxication. He believes this with 100 percent certainty because she had told him that she was going to arrest Witness Vasquez for 647(f) and that if she denied making that statement it would be a lie. Aguiar recalls with 100 percent certainty that Flores told that him, she was going to do this to avoid having to respond to the location again. He saw Flores double lock the handcuffs and began walking towards the rear exit of the location. Witness Vasquez kept saying “Por Que Por Que” in

The Arizona state legislature passed into law S.B 1070, which was intended to address issues related to illegal aliens in the state. The law made it a crime for illegal aliens to be in Arizona, without legal documents, it also authorized local and state law enforcement to enforce federal laws and prohibited the hiring, sheltering and transportation of illegal aliens. The legislation initiated constitutional concerns over violation of civil rights and was considered as encouraging racial profiling. There were also demonstrations against the legalization. The department of justice sough to stop

Factual History: In Los Angeles, California during the month of October and year of 2009, Abel Lopez was attacked and robbed by a man with a knife, he later identified as Walter Fernandez. During the confrontation between Lopez and Fernandez, Fernandez informed Lopez the territory in which Lopez was ruled by the “Drifters” After Lopez placed a call to 911, a few minutes after the attack, police and paramedics arrived on the scene. Two Los Angeles police officers, Detective Clark and Officer Cirrito, drove to a nearby alley that was often contained members of the Drifters gang. Here in the ally, a witnesses told them that the suspect was in an apartment in a house located off the

On Monday August 08, 2016 I, Detective K. Holland #636 began reviewing this case file. The three listed suspects, Ramon Alvarado, Jose Blancas, and Hector Gatica were believed to be involved with burglarizing vehicles prior to their arrest. Since their arrest, victims had come forwards to report their vehicle was burglarized. Property belonging to Malinda Sims, (a Samsung cell phone), was returned to her by Officer Acosta. Sims also reported that $80-$100 was stolen from her vehicle. Officer Weaver advised that there was still electronic equipment inside the Dodge Avenger that was located at Brownwood Towing. A search warrant was sought for the Avenger, and it was signed by Judge Sam Moss. The search of the vehicle was occurred on 08/08/16

Upon our arrival, we were met by a Hispanic female adult identified as by her Nevada drivers license as Maria Ochoa. Ochoa stated that she and her sixteen-year-old daughter (Jasmine Henriquez) had been in a been in a verbal argument that turned physical. Ocha stated that argument started over Henriquez wanting to go to a party and Ocha told her no. Ochoa stated that when she told Henriquez she could not go, she became angry and said: "even if you tell me no I'm still going". Ochoa went on to say that she caught Henriquez trying to sneak out of the house at about 2230 hours. Ochoa stated that she confronted Henriquez and attempted to prevent Henriquez from leaving by pulling her shirt. At this point, Ochoa stated that is when Henriquez grabbed her right wrist with her left hand and began to punch Ochoa in her right arm with her right closed fist. Ochoa stated her youngest son Jonathan Ochoa (12/13/006) was present at the time of the incident. Ochoa stated that Henriquez took off in an unknown vehicle and left in an unknown direction. Ochoa had a Nevada plate of 371-08B, However that plate did not give a return.

David Leon Riley was pulled over by a police officer for a driving a vehicle with expired license tags. The police officer who initially stopped Riley discovered that his driver’s license had also been suspended. Following department procedures, the police officer then continued to impound his vehicle. Before the car was impounded, the police officers are required to do an inventory of all of the components of the vehicle to prevent being liable for any missing items after the car is recovered, as well as, to discover any illegal or dangerous items. During the vehicle search, officers found two handguns under the hood of Riley’s vehicle and then proceeded to arrest Riley for the possession of firearms. When the arresting officer conducted a person’s search of Riley, it was found that Riley had a cell phone in his pocket. The cell phone was taken by police and taken back to the station where an analyst discovered data on Riley’s cell phone that was ultimately used to tie Riley to a drive-by shooting that had occurred a few weeks earlier. Based on the pictures and video recovered by the detective analyst specializing in gangs, and ballistics tests conducted on the two hand guns found in Riley’s vehicle, the state of California charged Riley in connection with the shooting. The arresting officer accessed data stored on Riley’s cell phone and noticed a repeated term associated with a street gang.

Larry was transported by AMR to Chino Valley Community Hospital. At Chino Valley Hospital, Larry claimed that he was Tased and was complaining of pain to his stomach and back. Larry was not Tased by OPD officers. I looked at Larry’s stomach and back and did not see any redness nor any visible injuries. I read Larry his Miranda rights from my department issued Miranda card. He said “yes” to all four questions indicating that he understood them. Under Miranda, Larry told me that today in the morning, his girlfriend, Stephanie Perez, dropped him off at work and they got into an argument. Larry said the argument was over Perez wanting to leave him. I asked Larry if he threatened Perez in anyway and he said no he did not threatened Perez. Larry said today at approximately 1730 hours, he was picked up by Perez from work. Larry said they drove to a check cashing place so he could cash his check. Larry said he and Perez got into an argument. The argument was again about Perez wanting to leave him. Larry said he took the vehicle key from the vehicle and went inside the store, preventing Perez from driving away. I asked him if he saw the police unit. Larry said yes he did however he was scared and did not want to be detained or arrested because he did not do anything wrong. Larry said he several times heard police officers telling him to stop running however he did not want to get arrested. Larry said he

On 26 June 2017 at 1516 hours, Officers were dispatched to the area of 305 East Penn Street for a theft of a vehicle. Officer were advised the actor was a Rhiannon Meyer and that she had stolen her dad Dodge truck green in color with a plow on the front. and was last seen heading towards Main Street. Officer began to check the area of Main Street, when Unit 191 called out with the vehicle at 100 Pennsylvania Ave, in Shenandoah Heights. Your Affiant (Patrolman William Moyer) along with Patrolman Tyler Dissinger responded to Unit 191 (Chief Livergood) location. At arrival Chief Livergood had MEYER in custody along with the stolen vehicle. MEYER'S was still yelling about someone having a gun in the window of the residence and was not making sense

On 08/07/15 at approximately 1820 hours, my partner (Ofcr. Vanlenzuela No.38161) and I (Ofcr. Nunez No.36181) were working North Hollywood patrol, assigned to unit 15A84 W5. At that time, we responded 10849 Fruitland Dr for an “Attempt 211 Suspect.” Comments of the call indicated the P/R was the wife of the victim Melvin Salinas. Suspect was described as a male black “transient” armed with a knife tried to take a vehicle from the parking garage Inc# 150807003722.

While enroute I received updated information from dispatch that the suspect vehicle was south on Washington St. The defendant was then observed at the intersection Washington St and Lorenzen Rd by officer Zabetka and a Felony traffic stop was conducted. Shortly after Det. Russo and myself arrived on scene and detained the driver who was later identified as Sergio Mercado Flores from a Florida driver license, of the white Ford Expedition and placed him into the rear of Officer Zabetka patrol car.

As Inmate Hall made this statement he swung with his right hand towards Detention Officer Edward’s face. I struck Inmate Hall once with a closed right handed fist in the face. Inmate hall stumbled backwards and put both of his hands up towards his face in a fighting manner and swung towards me and other Detention Officers, I struck Inmate Hall three to four times with closed fists in the face with both my right and left hands. Inmate Hall fell on his back in the dayroom near the bunks. I and other Detention Officers went to restrain Inmate Hall and gave him orders to lie face down on the ground. Inmate hall continued to resist, he placed his hand up to stop myself and other Detention Officers from restraining him. Detention Officers Edward, Detention Officer J. Abbott (EIN 130264) and Detention Officer C. Long (EIN 130942) were on top of Inmate Hall trying to place him in handcuffs but Inmate Hall continued to resist. I attempted to secure Inmate Hall’s hand to place the handcuffs on him but Inmate Hall pulled away from me, I placed my right knee in the small of Inmate Hall’s back to gain control of

In the landmark court case, Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court held that when a person is taken into custody of the police, or has been deprived of their freedom of action in any significant way, they must be advised of their constitutional rights. Reason being is because the court realized that in custodial interrogations, the compulsion for a person to potentially incriminate their self is apparent. Therefore, without proper safeguards, the process of custodial interrogation would compel an individual to speak where they would otherwise not do so freely. In the years following Miranda, there has been considerable controversy regarding the extent of Miranda’s prophylactic shield, and under what circumstances the safeguards of Miranda will apply to juveniles.

The Miranda rights were created in 1966 by the United States Supreme Court case of Miranda v. Arizona. The purpose of the Miranda warning is to protect all suspects’ “Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer self-incriminating questions”(Miranda Rights, 2009). The Miranda rights are done once an arrest has been made or before the questioning occurs and then an officer is free to ask questions for the investigation. The suspect can either remain silent or answer the questions being asked. Suspects must be told their constitutional right to have an attorney and against self- incrimination before the questions.

Upon arrival, I Officer Alfaro contacted the complainant, later identified as Jeremy Brad Favies, DOB: 10/30/1976, TXDL# 15871089. Mr. Favies stated that he was the manager in charge of Albertson’s grocery store and that one of his employees, later identified as Loretta Lynn Hebert, DOB: 11/28/1970, TXDL# 02206940, had been showing other employees a handgun located in her purse. Mr. Favies stated that Mrs. Hebert had been diagnosed

Introduction: Miranda v. Arizona was a case that questioned if suspects 5th and 6th Amendment rights were being violated after they were arrested. Should the police advise suspects of their rights before interrogation? The court system was worried that suspects were being forced into a confession without fully being made aware of their rights. The Miranda case has a lot to do with how interrogations are handled today.