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Maciel v. Cate
California may require man who was convicted of molesting child to register as sex offender, even if state trial court initially did not do so. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 26, 2013
Graves v. McEwen
Court-appointed appellate counsel may back out of habeas appeal after explaining why she believed client was not entitled to relief. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 25, 2013
James v. State
California may prohibit man, who was convicted of domestic violence against his former wife, from later purchasing a firearm. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 25, 2013
Varghese v. Uribe
Defendant’s murder conviction stands where state court’s compromise to condition testing of bloodstain on disclosure is not abuse of discretion. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 24, 2013
Smith v. Lopez
Husband’s conviction for murdering wife is overturned because prosecution ambushed him with new theory about the murder right before closing arguments. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 24, 2013
People v. Snow
Thief must pay probation fees because he argued that he could not pay them on appeal, but failed to object at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 24, 2013
U.S. v. Elk Shoulder
Montana sex offenders are subject SORNA's federal sex offender registration requirements after being released from prison. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 24, 2013
People v. Aguilar
Man convicted of injuring woman he lived with may not fight various fees imposed by court without initially objecting to them at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 23, 2013
U.S. v. Arqueta-Ramos
During Operation Streamline proceeding for taking pleas en masse, judge must question each defendant individually to ensure she understands her rights. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 23, 2013
People v. Eid
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 20, 2013
U.S. v. Sheldon
Prosecution does not need to prove that man knew recorder used for child pornography was made outside of his state to convict him for sexual exploitation of a child. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 20, 2013
U.S. v. Schesso
Police may search for child pornography on suspect's digital storage devices when they knew he made video available for download on Internet. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 19, 2013
United States v. Ionita
Fugitive who failed to return from Canada to California after being charged with having money due to unlawful drug trafficking may not seek return of seized funds. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 19, 2013
Phillips v. Herndon
Shooter may not use accomplice’s confession to absolve himself of murder conviction when accomplice offered three inconsistent versions of the murder. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 18, 2013
U.S. v. Grandberry
LAPD unlawfully searches apartment because officers saw suspect there several times, but failed to establish that he lived there. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 18, 2013
McKinney v. Ryan
Use of dual juries for co-defendants does not create unlawful courtroom layout where defendant faced jury during trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 17, 2013
Larsen v. Soto
Following trial, suspect proves his innocence and overturns his life sentence by presenting three credible witnesses, who attested to his innocence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 17, 2013
U.S. v. Bahr
Government may not require sex offender to disclose past sexual history as part of treatment program, then use that information against him at sentencing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 17, 2013
People v. Leggett
Petitioner is not entitled to consideration for resentencing under amended Three Strikes Law because his attempted robbery conviction was a serious felony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 17, 2013
Ayala v. Wong
Trial judge may not consider whether prosecution’s peremptory challenges are racially discriminatory during private hearings without defense counsel. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 16, 2013
U.S. v. Bonds
Barry Bonds is guilty of obstructing justice during grand jury hearings regarding athletes' steroid use because he gave deliberately misleading answers. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 16, 2013
Shoemaker v. Taylor
Website owner may be convicted of possessing child pornography based on innocuous images of children, digitally altered to look like child pornography. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 16, 2013
People v. Loper
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 13, 2013
People v. Ramirez
Teenagers, who shot and killed two people during a gang shooting, may not be sentenced to life without possibility of parole. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 13, 2013
Schurz v. Ryan
Death sentence is warranted in case where Arizona man beat up victim, doused him with gasoline and killed him by setting him on fire. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 13, 2013
U.S. v. Lopez-Cruz
At trial, prosecution may not use information obtained by border patrol agent while impersonating defendant after anwering his cell phone. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 13, 2013
People v. Austin
Therapist with extensive background in working with female sexual assault survivors may testify regarding child's reaction to unwanted oral copulation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 13, 2013
People v. Aranda
State may not retry defendant for first degree murder after jury found him not guilty of that crime, but may try him on lesser offenses. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 13, 2013
People v. Martinez
Mexican citizen may overturn conviction by proving he would have rejected plea bargain if he had known of its adverse immigration consequences. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 12, 2013
People v. Hill
Trial court must allow defendant, who was charged with being a sexually violent predator, to give his reasons for seeking new counsel prior to trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 12, 2013
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