This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Case Name
    Search by Judge
    Search by Case Number
    Search by DJ Citation Number
    Search by Category
    Search by Court
Name Category Published
Hardin v. Cody
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 13, 1999
People v. Erving
Evidence of uncharged fires in arson defendant's neighborhood is admissible to show identity and intent.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 12, 1999
People v. Lawrence
Court has discretion under Three Strikes law to sentence concurrently for crimes committed on same occasion.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 12, 1999
U.S. v. Gibson
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 12, 1999
O'Quinn v. State of Kansas
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 12, 1999
Hernandez v. Brooks
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 12, 1999
U.S. v. Omene
Court may require defendant to testify in narrative form regarding matters defense counsel deems perjurious.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 11, 1999
U.S. v. Hotal
Anticipatory search warrant must clearly and narrowly state conditions precedent to execution.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 11, 1999
U.S. v. Riley
Determination of offense level for tax fraud can be based on loss intended by the defendant.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 11, 1999
People v. Gray
Arming enhancement applies even where gun and drugs are located in two different structures.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 11, 1999
People v. Orange County Superior Court (Donelson)
Petition for commitment as a Sexually Violent Predator wasn't invalid when filed while 'hold' on defendant's release.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 11, 1999
City of West Covina v. Perkins
When state seizes property pursuant to a warrant, due process doesn't require notice of how to get seized item back.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 11, 1999
People v. Ward
Special admissibility rule for scientific evidence doesn't apply to expert medical testimony in sexually violent predator proceedings.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 11, 1999
State v. Hickman
Unless alleged prior conviction is proven as required by statute, defendant's sentence must be reversed.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 11, 1999
People v. Loot
Presumption of prejudice arising from juror's discussion of prosecutor's personal life during trial is rebutted.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Bryden
Ineffective assistance of counsel isn't found when reasonable probability doesn't exist that outcome would be different.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
Cabe v. Superior Court (People)
Prospective juror doesn't commit perjury by giving true but unresponsive answers during voir dire.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Jones
Court errs by imposing separate enhancements for prior convictions involving single prison term.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Peevy
Statements elicited after deliberate failure to honor suspect's request for counsel may be used for impeachment.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Benson
Prior conviction may be 'strike' even if court stayed sentence under statute prohibiting multiple punishment.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Garcia
Statute concerning second degree drive-by murder establishes a penalty, not a new crime.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Bautista
Defendant waives objection to court's poor articulation of reasons for requiring sex offender registration.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Frontier Pacific Insurance Co.
Failure of recorded proceedings to disclose cause for continuance, forecloses declaration of bail forfeiture.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Estrada
Inflammatory and prejudicial misconduct by co-defendant's counsel requires reversal of drug conviction.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
U.S. v. Martinez
Waiver of right to conflict-free counsel includes potential conflicts reasonably foreseeable at time of waiver.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
People v. Kwok
Defendant commits burglary by removing lock mechanism and making key to facilitate future assault.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
Parretti v. United States
Dismissal of criminal appeal is warranted where defendant-appellant has fled the United States.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
U.S. v. Garibay
Suspect with poor English proficiency doesn't waive Miranda rights where interrogation conducted solely in English.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
U.S. v. Burt
Invalid entrapment instruction, in absence of compelling evidence of defendant's predisposition, is plain error.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999
U.S. v. Sun-Diamond Growers of California
Government must show link between gratuity conferred and 'official act' performed for or because of gratuity to convict under illegal gratuity statute.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 1999