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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
11-55187	Johnson v. Uribe District court abuses discretion by granting habeas petition subject only to resentencing where defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel throughout entire plea bargaining process.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 24, 2012
10-50426	U.S. v. Rivera Court violates defendant's Sixth Amendment right to fair trial when it excludes family members from courtroom during sentencing.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 24, 2012
B230342	People v. Iboa Defendant may be convicted for threatening unlawful violence on officer, which deterred performance of officer’s duty, without running afoul of First Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 24, 2012
11-94	Southern Union Co. v. U. S. Maximum punishment authorized for particular crime must be proved to jury beyond reasonable doubt where criminal fine is substantial enough to trigger Sixth Amendment’s jury-trial guarantee.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 21, 2012
11-5683	Dorsey v. U.S. Fair Sentencing Act’s new, lower mandatory minimum prison terms apply to post-Act sentencing of pre-Act crack cocaine offenders.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 21, 2012
S163273	People v. Correa By its plain language, Penal Code Section 654 does not bar multiple punishment for multiple violations of same criminal statute.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 21, 2012
S179552	People v. Jones Defendant may not be punished separately for being felon in possession of firearm, carrying concealed firearm, and carrying loaded firearm based on single act.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 21, 2012
08-50148	U.S. v. Mak Defendant who conspired to violate export control laws is properly convicted under Arms Export Control Act, which is not unconstitutionally vague because it is content neutral.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 21, 2012
09-50408	U.S. v. Ramos-Medina First degree residential burglary under California Penal Code Section 459 constitutes crime of violence under immigration laws and for purposes of sentencing.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 21, 2012
11-30017	U.S. v. Wing Court lacks jurisdiction to revoke term of supervised released based on newly discovered violations of previously revoked term of supervised release.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 21, 2012
09-16053	Marrero v. Ives Claim that petitioner was wrongly classified as career offender under sentencing guidelines is not cognizable as claim of ‘actual innocence’ under escape hatch.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 19, 2012
10-10470	U.S. v. Marquez-Lobos For purposes of sentence enhancement for crime of violence, Arizona's kidnapping statute categorically meets generic definition of kidnapping.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 19, 2012
11-30250	U.S. v. Becker District court does not commit plain error by imposing sex offender registration condition on defendant who admitted to possessing child pornography.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 19, 2012
11-35283	Peck v. Thomas Bureau of Prisons' regulations categorically excluding certain classes of inmates from eligibility for early release is not violation of Administrative Procedure Act.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 19, 2012
10-8505	Williams v. Illinois Expert's testimony concerning third party lab's report does not violate Confrontation Clause where report was not admitted into evidence.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 18, 2012
11-8976	Smith v. United States When witnesses testify about colleagues' scientific reports, but report writers themselves do not testify, is Confrontation Clause violated?	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 18, 2012
S181963	People v. Brown New formula for calculating local custody credits cannot be applied retroactively to defendant who had already been convicted prior to enactment of law.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 18, 2012
10-16683	Briggs v. Grounds Prosecutor exercises peremptory challenges in lawful manner when she questioned jurors similarly and provided race-neutral reasons for challenges.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 17, 2012
G045157	People v. Little First degree burglary conviction is appropriate when burglary occurred while realtor conducted open house on behalf of homeowners, who had left premises.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 17, 2012
H037138	Macy v. Superior Court (People) Dismissal is not proper remedy for sexually violent predator proceedings when experts produce conflicting evaluations.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 17, 2012
G040320	People v. Aldana Conviction for knowingly keeping false accounts is improper where timesheets may have been inaccurate, but were not materially false.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 14, 2012
11-30135	U.S. v. Elkins Requiring sex offender to register under Sex Offenders Registration and Notification Act does not violate Ex Post Facto Clause because registration requirement is not punitive.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 14, 2012
A132664	People v. Rangel Search of text messages in defendant's cell phone occurs under valid warrant where phone likely contained items that were functional equivalent of those listed in warrant.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 14, 2012
C063851	People v. Solis Defendant is properly sentenced to full consecutive terms for multiple counts of forcible rape because legal standard for finding that offenses were committed on 'separate occasions' is not unconstitutionally vague.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 13, 2012
10-10361	U.S. v. Berry Jury instruction on social security fraud, which merged definitions of 'knowingly' and 'willfully,' is harmless error where payee defendant had notice of responsibilities.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 12, 2012
11-845	Parker v. Matthews Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 proscribes using federal habeas review as vehicle to second-guess reasonable decisions of state courts.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 11, 2012
11-1327	Evans v. Michigan Does double jeopardy bar a retrial where case is dismissed based upon court's legal error of creating new element for charged offense?	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 11, 2012
12-35427	Leavitt v. Arave Defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claims fail where defendant could not show that trial counsel's conduct was both deficient and prejudicial.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 11, 2012
11-50036	U.S. v. Grant Good faith exception to officers' execution of warrant on defendant's home does not apply where officers' reliance on warrant was 'entirely unreasonable.'	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 11, 2012
D060317	People v. Smith Defendant gang member is correctly found guilty of second degree murder because aider and abettor liability is not limited to crimes committed by confederates.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jun. 10, 2012