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In re Dannenberg
Parole board can deny release date for defendant without comparing his offense to others of similar gravity. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 21, 2005
People v. Thurman
Proposition 36 authorizes trial court to require defendant to waive custody credits as condition of probation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 21, 2005
People v. Thoma
Defendant's silence to court's description of victim's injuries was admissible as adoptive admission. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 21, 2005
People v. Diaz
Failure to yield cannot be used as one qualifying violation to establish willful disregard element of evasion offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 21, 2005
People v. Minor
Prosecution can use prior conviction as enhancing allegation although extradition agreement prohibited punishment for that offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 21, 2005
Overland v. Superior Court (County of Los Angeles)
Court's refusal to pay pre-exoneration interest on cash bail deposit does not constitute taking. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 21, 2005
People v. Poslof
In defendant's trial for failure to register as sex offender, jury instruction error was harmless beyond reasonable doubt. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 21, 2005
People v. Young
Defendant's claims against prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges against prospective black female jurors lack merit. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 21, 2005
People v. Pinedo
Prosecutor cannot refile felony complaint for case that was dismissed on speedy-trial grounds. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Noel
Defendant convicted of second-degree murder after her dog mauled neighbor is not entitled to retrial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Munoz
Evidence of defendant's prior commitments as sexually violent predator was inadmissible at latest hearing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Williams
Prosecution has no right to appeal magistrate's decision at preliminary examination to reduce charged felony wobbler to misdemeanor. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Garza
Conviction for receiving stolen vehicle does not bar conviction for unlawful post-theft driving. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Rincon
Victim's spontaneous out-of-court statements to witness concerning gang-related shooting were admissible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Russell
Defendant who pushes person into path of oncoming vehicle is guilty of assault with deadly weapon. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Chatmon
Defendant who received probation under plea agreement cannot challenge subsequent sentence for violating probation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Dickey
Death penalty is affirmed where sufficient evidence supports felony-murder special circumstances findings. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
People v. Jiang
Police interpreter did not adequately inform Mandarin speaker of his Miranda rights. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 19, 2005
U.S. v. Moreno-Hernandez
Oregon conviction for fourth-degree assault committed in presence of victim's child is violent felony under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 18, 2005
People v. Gregory
Counsel's failure to advise defendant of imperfect self-defense claim based on delusions alone did not render defendant's guilty plea involuntary. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 18, 2005
People v. Fortune
Cash aid received during period in which defendant committed welfare fraud should not be included as income. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 18, 2005
People v. Vieira
Defendant cannot be sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit murder. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 18, 2005
People v. Baker
Court may order cow thief who returned stolen cows after breeding them to pay restitution. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 12, 2005
People v. Morris
Prosecutor is not required to file recommitment petition for prisoner who received outpatient treatment as mentally disordered offender. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 12, 2005
People v. O'Dell
Hospital's request to medicate defendant involuntarily must be supported by substantial evidence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 12, 2005
People v. Valdez
Trial court may exclude evidence that murdered fetus would not have survived to birth. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 12, 2005
People v. Palacios
Multiple punishment for firearm discharge enhancements based on firing once at single victim was improper. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 12, 2005
People v. Alvarado
Animal cruelty is general intent crime. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 11, 2005
I.M., a Minor
Court may impose restitution for victim's funeral expenses against defendant who was accessory after the fact to murder. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 11, 2005
People v. Jeter
Conflicting jury instructions require reversal of defendant's conviction for assault by prisoner serving life sentence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 11, 2005
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