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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
People v. Yarborough
Prior child molestation conviction is both substantive element of current crime and a 'strike.'
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
U.S. v. Soueiti
Decision whether to order deportation of criminal defendant isn't a civil matter under Equal Access to Justice Act.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
U.S. v. Young
Search of parcel by Federal Express isn't state action and doesn't violate Fourth Amendment.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
People v. Duran
Defendant convicted of attempted murder receives conduct credit for only 15 percent of pre-sentencing
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
People v. Hall
Court doesn't have to impose consecutive sentences if it's unclear whether crimes arose on same occasion.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
U.S. v. Isaacson
Sentence enhancement for abuse of position of trust is properly applied to bank's head vault teller.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 1999
State v. Proctor
The Fraudulent Scheme and Artifice Statute meets constitutional standards and is not inconsistent with a defendants protected constitutional rights.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 16, 1999
U.S. v. Hunt
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 16, 1999
U.S. v. Morris
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 16, 1999
State v. Mahaney
Under Arizona statutory law, the term "endanger" means to subject a person to potential harm.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 16, 1999
People v. Matthews
Insufficient evidence to support conviction for removing or taking officer's weapon where officer drops gun after being run into by the defendant.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 15, 1999