Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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96-50597
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U.S. v. Padilla-Mendoza
Automatic dismissal of jurors based on drug policy views is abuse of discretion but doesn't create presumptively biased jury. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
B118866
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People v. Johnson
Defendant who fails to register as sex offender for 3 months has intentionally and willfully failed to register. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
97-56098
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Turner v. Duncan
Defense counsel in murder case renders ineffective assistance by failing to investigate or read case file. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
98-99028
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Vargas v. Lambert
Mother of death row inmate has standing to seek stay based on inmate's alleged incompetence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
97-1795
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Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. v. City of Cincinnati
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
97-1985
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Neder v. United States
Issue of materiality in mail and bank fraud case is properly not submitted to jury. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
98-99028
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Vargas v. Lambert
Mother of death row inmate has standing to seek stay based on inmate's alleged incompetence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
96-10467
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People of the Territory of Guam v. Shymanovitz
Testimony regarding pronographic magazines found in home of child molestation defendant is excessively prejudicial. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
97-10100
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U.S. v. Alviso
Defendant doesn't waive objection to evidence of priors by remaining silent when judge reads indictment. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
A082166
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People v. McGlothin
Trial court abuses its discretion by substituting its conclusions for the Legislature's in striking a prior offense. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
96-99019
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Caro v. Calderon
Death row inmate is entitled to evidentiary hearing on claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
97-10386
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Matter of Extradition of Artt
General scheme for extradition of prisoners to United Kingdom doesn't violate separation of powers doctrine. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
97-56098
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Turner v. Duncan
Defense counsel in murder case renders ineffective assistance by failing to investigate or real case file. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
B123780
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People v. Funches
Superior court clerk has duty to reject notice of appeal filed 13 years after judgment. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
97-10269
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U.S. v. McElyea
Burglaries constituting one criminal episode don't justify sentence enhancement under Armed Career Criminal Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
D026988
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People v. Albritton
Child abuse resulting in death is general intent crime, and statute establishing crime is constitutional. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 12, 1999 | |
97-50206
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U.S. v. Robertson
Insurance company may be victim of crime of possession of forged securities of an organization. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
A081294
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People v. Martinez
Swiss army knife is a deadly weapon. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
C026311
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People v. Granderson
Trial may proceed in defendant's absence if defendant was present on first day of jury selection. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
B112968
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People v. Jones
Offenses not committed on the same occasion mandates imposition of consecutive sentences. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
98-50006
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United States v. McNally
Defendant's false statements causing two day delay in locating kidnapped child warrants sentence enhancement. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
C026234
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People v. Lunsford
When loss can't be ascertained at sentencing, agency administering victim restitution can determine it later. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
A077542
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People v. Denison
Attorney's failure to argue that possession of Valium wasn't a crime was ineffective assistance. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
S029453
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People v. Roybal
Continuance to wait for expert, who defendant believed would testify DNA test was invalid, is properly denied. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
A081294
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People v. Martinez
Swiss army knife is a deadly weapon. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
97-10420
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James v. U.S. Parole Commission
Defendant who insists on innocence and isn't credible hasn't accepted responsibility for crimes. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
S062739
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People v. Davis
Person who, with store's knowledge, receives 'refund' for unpurchased merchandise, commits trespassory larceny. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
97-10222
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U.S. v. Bulacan
Administrative search scheme to detect explosives in federal building doesn't extend to search for drugs. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
H017022
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People v. Whitworth
Prior felony conviction admissible to impeach even though jury must make factual finding concerning conviction. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 | |
D028205
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People v. White
Court's failure to grant defendant's new trial motion based on instructional error, doesn't merit reversal of conviction. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Mar. 11, 1999 |