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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
B170957	People v. Cobb Trial court erred in imposing multiple enhancements.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
C045738	People v. Murphy Motion to dismiss prior strike conviction does not have to be decided by jury.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
03-30274	U.S. v. Wise Court must provide notice before imposing condition of supervised release removing son from defendant's custody.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
S023835	People v. Morrison Trial court did not err by excluding evidence of alleged drug dealing activity of victims' family.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
03-10684	U.S. v. Lopez-Patino Defendant's conviction under Arizona child abuse statute was crime of violence under federal sentencing guidelines.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
03-56097	Mitleider v. Hall Trial court properly found that prosecutor's reasons for peremptory challenges were race-neutral.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
03-50179	U.S. v. Hamilton Questioning of police officer at suppression hearing without defendant or counsel present requires reversal.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
02-10600	U.S. v. Anderson Government did not produce sufficient evidence to warrant conviction of defendant on bank fraud charge.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
B172451	People v. Renfro Mentally disordered offender commitment proceedings cannot be bargained in plea agreements.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
B173593	People v. Looney Defendants who induced mentally infirm person to execute testamentary documents are not liable for forgery.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
E034784	People v. Green Defendant's attorney had priority to seized assets over victims who were mere unsecured creditors.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
03-30122	U.S. v. Ramirez-Robles Trial court committed harmless error in admitting defendant's prior conviction for possession of user quantity of methamphetamine.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
02-50381	U.S. v. Mayfield Allegation of prior felony that was filed during first trial need not be filed during retrial.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 14, 2005
B166906	People v. Amwest Surety Insurance Co. Trial court that failed to declare bail bond forfeited in open court lost jurisdiction over bond.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 13, 2005
C044284	People v. Guido Specialized definition of force is not necessary to crime of forcible oral copulation.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 13, 2005
F043279	People v. Bautista Trial court erroneously bootstrapped current felony with gang enhancement for purposes of imposing second sentence enhancement.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 13, 2005
H026774	People v. Sorenson Sentencing court need not advise defendant of every possible statute under which he could be fined.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 13, 2005
B168038	People v. Christian Defendant's guilty plea is invalid because he was not informed of his rights to confront witnesses and against self-incrimination	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 13, 2005
H022727	People v. Dominguez Prejudicial error occurred in defendant's trial for murder when court failed to instruct jury on issue of complicity.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 13, 2005
B155109	People v. Minsky Threatened imprisonment of victims' loved ones constitutes duress for purposes of various sex crime statutes.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 11, 2005
04-10228	U.S. v. Souza Hawaii's Unauthorized Entry into Motor Vehicle statute can be assimilated into federal law for acts in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 11, 2005
03-30089	U.S. v. Wilson Defendant was not entitled to complete immunity for helping dismantle international drug conspiracy.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 11, 2005
02-30326	U.S. v. Ameline Defendant will be resentenced following changes to federal sentencing guidelines.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 10, 2005
03-923	Illinois v. Caballes Dog sniff conducted during lawful traffic stop does not violate Fourth Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 10, 2005
04-394	Bell v. Cone Court reviewing habeas petition must assume that state supreme court relied on its own precedent in affirming sentence.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 10, 2005
02-56678	Martinez v. Garcia Structural error occurs when jury instructions combine two theories of guilt, but cannot discern upon which theory conviction rests.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2005
03-16877	Hubbart v. Knapp Defendant is not entitled to habeas relief when his commitment under violent predator act does not violate federal due process.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2005
F044894	Edward G., a Minor Assault with firearm is lesser included offense of discharging firearm from motor vehicle at another.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2005
G033785	Myers v. Superior Court (People) Officer's search of probationer was illegal because officer did not know that probationer was subject to search condition.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2005
F042217	People v. Cabral Instruction on late defense discovery prejudiced defendant in forgery case.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 7, 2005