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People v. Sandoval
Court abused its discretion in denying offender's motion to withdraw his guilty plea where evidence indicated plea was coerced. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 26, 2006
People v. Gonzalez
Prosecutor's failure to provide discovery of its rebuttal evidence required reversal of convict's death sentence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 25, 2006
People v. Manila
Defendant's double punishment is not proper where evidence did not demonstrate that more than one criminal act occurred pursuant to Penal Code. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 25, 2006
People v. Modiri
Group beating principles in jury instruction did not negate requirement that defendant personally inflict great bodily harm on victim. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 25, 2006
People v. Warner
Defendant is not subject to sentence enhancement where it is not shown that prior crime amounted to serious felony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 25, 2006
Rose v. Mayberg
In SVP case, writ of habeas corpus is properly denied where finding of complete inability to control one's behavior is not required. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 22, 2006
U.S. v. McWeeney
Party consented to search by allowing officer to 'look' in car, but officer cannot coerce party into believing consent cannot be revoked. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 22, 2006
U.S. v. Feingold
Two-point reduction under certain U.S.S.G. Section 2D1.1(b)(7) is available to defendants regardless of whether their offense carries mandatory minimum. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 22, 2006
People v. Ranger Insurance Co.
Bail bond was properly forfeited when fugitive defendant failed to appear in court, even though bond was not labeled as fugitive bond. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 12, 2006
People v. Arnett
In light of defendant's waiver, trial court properly assumed responsibility of determining whether current offense was serious felony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 12, 2006
People v. Moniz
Offender was ineligible for Proposition 36 treatment where conviction for concealment of evidence was misdemeanor not related to use of drugs. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 12, 2006
People v. Sandoval
Court abused its discretion in denying offender's motion to withdraw his guilty plea where evidence indicated plea was coerced. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 12, 2006
People v. Thompson
Strong evidence of DUI and fear that evidence will be imminently destroyed justify warrantless entry into home to arrest DUI suspect. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 11, 2006
People v. Romero
Evidence created reasonable inference that offender possessed specific intent to further gang member's criminal conduct thereby justifying gang enhancement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 11, 2006
People v. Standish
Failure to grant defendant own recognizance (OR) release pending preliminary examination did not deny substantial right where error did not affect hearing's outcome. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 11, 2006
People v. Lai
Defendant's sentence for theft may be increased by consecutive term in Penal Code Section 186.11(a)(3) but not by enhancement in Section 12022.6(a). 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 8, 2006
People v. Sanghera
Sufficient evidence existed to support burglary conviction where offender knowingly entered house with intent to obtain clothing to disguise himself. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 8, 2006
U.S. v. Kilby
Sentence for drug-related conviction was improper where court used unreliable method of approximating amount of drugs attributable to offender. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. Shabazz
Convict sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder was also subject to sentence enhancement of 25 years to life. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
U.S. v. Johnson
In bank robbery case, defendant's motion for acquittal was properly denied where evidence supports charge that guns were used during robbery. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
In re Freeman
Habeas petitioner failed to demonstrate that judge and prosecutor assigned to his murder trial colluded to excuse Jewish prospective jurors from jury. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. Walker
In murder case, evidence of prior sexual assaults to prove propensity was improperly admitted where defendant was not accused of sexual offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. Johnson
Prosecution did not meet its burden of proving justification for warrantless search by presenting affidavit of officer in lieu of live testimony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. Saunoa
Trial court lacked jurisdiction to retry defendant before issuance of remittitur. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. McGee
Defendant was not entitled to have jury decide whether prior Nevada robbery convictions qualified as strikes under California law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. R.T.P.
Prosecutor improperly disregarded defendant's right to counsel during discussion of potential concessions and during unrelated preliminary hearing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. Manila
Defendant's double punishment is not proper where evidence did not demonstrate that more than one criminal act occurred pursuant to Penal Code. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. Johnson
Cold hit from DNA database is not subject to 'Kelly-Frye' standard of admissibility when hit is used merely to identify possible suspect. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. Fraser
Right to self-representation did not extend to defendant in SVPA proceeding. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
People v. Gonzalez
Under Penal Code Section 12022.53(f) only one firearm sentencing enhancement may be imposed, and any additional enhancements must be stricken, not stayed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 7, 2006
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