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U.S. v. Byrne
Extraneous printed material in jury room, which is sent out promptly upon discovery without jury reading it, doesn't affect verdict. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 7, 1999
Quitana v. Maxwell
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 7, 1999
People v. Kelii
Determination of whether prior conviction is serious felony for three strikes purposes is a judicial function. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 7, 1999
U.S. v. Murphy
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 6, 1999
U.S. v. Grayson
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 6, 1999
Garcia v. Lemaster
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 6, 1999
U.S. v. Wiseman
Explanation on how a defendant's conduct affects interstate commerce under federal statute isn't prosecutorial misconduct. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 6, 1999
U.S. v. Madrugal-Aguilar
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 6, 1999
Ortiz v. Stewart
Procedural default, as defined by state rule, bars numerous claims in federal habeas corpus proceeding. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 6, 1999
Amancio v. Forster
Mere initial classification of offense as felony, doesn't mandate jury trial upon redesignation of offense as misdemeanor. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
State v. Cohen
Reliance by victim must be shown for fraudulent schemes and artifices conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
People v. Braz
No enhancement for hit and run causing permanent, serious injury unless injury caused by failure to stop and render aid. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
Fierro v. Gomez
Death row inmates who haven't chosen lethal gas as method of execution can't challenge its constitutionality. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
U.S. v. Medina-Chavarin
Defendant with gun under seat of car during drug trafficking crime 'carries' gun for purposes of federal statute. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
U.S. v. Reed
Use of special verdict form requiring jury to determine occurrence of acts, each of which constituted crime, is proper. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
People v. Guiuan
Juries should be instructed that only accomplice testimony incriminating to defendants should be viewed with caution. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
People v. Woods
Burglary of common laundry area in inhabited apartment complex supports first degree burglary conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
U.S. v. Ellis
Admission of prejudicial evidence concerning intent requires reversal where intent isn't an element of crime. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
People v. Clayton
Entry by defendant given key by husband for purpose of attacking and killing wife constitutes burglary. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 5, 1999
People v. Buchholz
Failure to instruct on element of crime isn't harmless where jury didn't actually consider relevant facts. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 4, 1999
U.S. v. Montgomery
Factual distinctions between alleged criminal enterprises allow charging of separate conspiracies without violating double jeopardy clause. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 4, 1999
U.S. v. Montgomery
Factual distinctions between alleged criminal enterprises allow charging of separate conspiracies without violating double jeopardy clause. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 4, 1999
People v. Deloza
Courts retain discretion to impose concurrent sentences for crimes having close temporal and spatial proximity. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 4, 1999
People v. Ochoa
Sympathy for defendant's family isn't an independent mitigating factor in penalty phase of capital trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 2, 1999
U.S. v. Starr
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 2, 1999
Walker v. Saffle
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 2, 1999
U.S. v. Alvarez
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 2, 1999
U.S. v. Dorman
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 2, 1999
U.S. v. Zarate
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 2, 1999
People v. Matz
'Use' immunity doesn't compel defendant to self-incriminate as to collateral uncharged crimes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 2, 1999
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