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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 Mar. 19, 1999
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
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
People v. Reyes
Searches based on parole conditions may be conducted without reasonable suspicion.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 19, 1999
U.S. v. Keys
Plain error review applies to jury instruction error regarding materiality element of perjury.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 19, 1999
U.S. v. Brannon
California law limiting admissibility of breathalyzer results doesn't apply in prosecution under Assimilative Crimes Act.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 19, 1999
U.S. v. Scholl
Testimony supporting compulsive gambler defense property excluded in federal prosecution.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
U.S. v. Havier
Petition to revoke supervised release must allege specific crime if not obvious from condition violated.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
People v. Velasco
Jury instruction confusing 'domicile' with 'residence' for purpose of sex offender registration is harmless.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
People v. Jones
Testimony from previous trial is admissible although defendant was denied right of self-representation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
People v. Weiss
Independent source doctrine applies where warrant would have issued without illegally obtained information.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
U.S. v. Lang
District court evidentiary rulings under inevitable discovery doctrine are reversible only if clearly erroneous.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
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
People v. Tran
Fine conditioned upon future bad conduct violates prohibition against ex post facto laws.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
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
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 Mar. 18, 1999
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
People v. Monarrez
Possession of different controlled substances simultaneously supports separate punishment for each.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
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
Wright v. McCotter
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
U.S. v. Morris
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 1999
People v. Lopez
Probation condition banning gang affiliations and indicia must be modified but is generally valid.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
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
People v. Theilen
Defendant and counsel may be excluded from suppression hearing under questionable California precedents.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
Fatewood v. Snyder
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
U.S. v. Nunez-Pulido
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
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
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
People v. Shannon
Taking clothes from rack and giving them to cashier for refund constitutes completed theft.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
Rhoden v. Rowland
Unconstitutional shackling of defendant at trial in view of jury is inherently prejudicial.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999