Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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97-71119
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Phoenix Newspapers Inc. v. United States District Court (United States)
Press has right to transcript of hearing held to investigate threats made to jurors in high-profile criminal trial. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 19, 1999 | |
97-50340
|
U.S. v. Martinez-Martinez
Defendant stopped short of completing theft is entitled to three-point offense level reduction. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 19, 1999 | |
B111222
|
People v. Contreras
Miscarriage of justice requiring reversal results from prosecutor's misconduct and exclusion of opinion evidence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 19, 1999 | |
S058825
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People v. Reyes
Searches based on parole conditions may be conducted without reasonable suspicion. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 19, 1999 | |
93-50281
|
U.S. v. Keys
Plain error review applies to jury instruction error regarding materiality element of perjury. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 19, 1999 | |
97-10378
|
U.S. v. Brannon
California law limiting admissibility of breathalyzer results doesn't apply in prosecution under Assimilative Crimes Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 19, 1999 | |
97-10143
|
U.S. v. Scholl
Testimony supporting compulsive gambler defense property excluded in federal prosecution. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
97-10500
|
U.S. v. Havier
Petition to revoke supervised release must allege specific crime if not obvious from condition violated. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
B113974
|
People v. Velasco
Jury instruction confusing 'domicile' with 'residence' for purpose of sex offender registration is harmless. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
E019322
|
People v. Jones
Testimony from previous trial is admissible although defendant was denied right of self-representation. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 18, 1999 | |
A078089
|
People v. Weiss
Independent source doctrine applies where warrant would have issued without illegally obtained information. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
96-10464
|
U.S. v. Lang
District court evidentiary rulings under inevitable discovery doctrine are reversible only if clearly erroneous. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
96-99001
|
Chaney v. Stewart
Arizona law doesn't require appointment of defense psychiatric experts in penalty phase of capital murder trial. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 18, 1999 | |
C026890
|
People v. Tran
Fine conditioned upon future bad conduct violates prohibition against ex post facto laws. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
A077239
|
People v. Hatfield
Defendant's right of confrontation isn't violated by Sexually Violent Predator Act's statutory scheme. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
96-99017 and 96-99018
|
Ainsworth v. Calderon
Defense counsel's failure to present adequate defense to prosecution's theory of murder isn't ineffective assistance. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
E019663
|
People v. Heath
Completion of the final product of methamphetamine isn't required to establish liability for manufacturing. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 18, 1999 | |
E020775
|
People v. Monarrez
Possession of different controlled substances simultaneously supports separate punishment for each. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 18, 1999 | |
S075920
|
People v. Hatfield
Defendant's right of confrontation isn't violated by Sexually Violent Predator Act's statutory scheme. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 18, 1999 | |
98-4067
|
Wright v. McCotter
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 18, 1999 | |
98-5165
|
U.S. v. Morris
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 18, 1999 | |
F028223
|
People v. Lopez
Probation condition banning gang affiliations and indicia must be modified but is generally valid. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 17, 1999 | |
96-10347
|
U.S. v. Medjuck
Government may use videotaped deposition after trying to secure defendant's presence and allowing him to participate. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 17, 1999 | |
S071583
|
People v. Theilen
Defendant and counsel may be excluded from suppression hearing under questionable California precedents. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 17, 1999 | |
98-6392
|
Fatewood v. Snyder
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 17, 1999 | |
98-4118
|
U.S. v. Nunez-Pulido
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 17, 1999 | |
98-7013
|
U.S. v. Leopard
Court's failure to appoint counsel to defendant's case during evidentiary hearing is error. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 17, 1999 | |
97-2303
|
U.S. v. Hernandez-Muniz
Defendant's Fifth Amendment rights aren't violated by prosecutor's comments on defendant's failure to testify. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Mar. 17, 1999 | |
B112321
|
People v. Shannon
Taking clothes from rack and giving them to cashier for refund constitutes completed theft. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 17, 1999 | |
96-56421
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Rhoden v. Rowland
Unconstitutional shackling of defendant at trial in view of jury is inherently prejudicial. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 17, 1999 |