2016-IPG#20 (WADE-CASTILLOLOPEZ-STREIFF)

This edition of IPG covers a trio of cases, two from the California Supreme Court and one from the United States Supreme Court. The first of the California Supreme Court cases (Wade (2016) 63 Cal.4th 137) addresses the question of whether a defendant who wears a backpack with a loaded firearm inside it violates the statute prohibiting the carrying of a loaded firearm “on the person.” The second case from the California Supreme Court (Castillolopez (2016) 202 Cal.Rptr.3d 703) addresses whether a concealed pocketknife with an open blade can be considered a “dirk or dagger” for purposes of the statute prohibiting the carrying of dirks or daggers. The case from the United States Supreme Court (Utah v. Strieff 2016 WL 3369419) addresses whether an outstanding arrest warrant that comes to light after an unlawful detention can prevent application of the exclusionary rule to evidence seized incident to arrest on the warrant.