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People v. Weeks
Court improperly increases inmate’s sentence for possession of contraband by taking into account prior prison term, which he had not yet completed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 19, 2014
U.S. v. Cortes
Undercover agent may have entrapped man by persuading him to make plans to rob a drug stash house for potentially large profits. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 2014
U.S. v. Cabrera-Gutierrez
Convicted sex offender who travels between states may be required by Congress to register as sex offender under authority of Commerce Clause. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 2014
Murray v. Schriro
Murderer, who killed victims during armed robbery, could not revisit sanitized crime scene, which his attorney and investigators had already inspected. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 2014
Murray v. Schriro
Death sentence is upheld for armed robber, who murdered two victims, because prosecution’s removal of two Hispanic potential jurors was not discriminatory. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 2014
People v. Smit
Use of boobytrap that launched zip gun in attempt to kill testifying detective warrants sentence increase, even if offender was not present during its discharge. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 18, 2014
Blake v. Baker
District court must allow habeas petitioner to return to state court to exhaust ineffective assistance claim because he had good cause to justify failure to exhaust. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 2014
People v. Gray
City must make public announcement and institute 30-day warning notice period for each 'red light camera' it installs, before issuing citations. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 14, 2014
People v. Montes
Capital murderer may not also be convicted of carjacking, because it was already included in offense of kidnapping during a carjacking. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 14, 2014
U.S. v. Morales-Isabarras
District court may revoke supervised release for Mexican citizen, who repeatedly illegally reentered U.S., although his term of supervised release had already expired. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 14, 2014
U.S. v. Morris
District court properly calculates banks' $1,033,500 loss in mortgage fraud case by deducting amount they recovered from entire value of principal of loans. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 14, 2014
People v. Waxler
Police officer has reasonable cause to search truck after smelling odor of burnt marijuana and observing marijuana pipe inside vehicle. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 13, 2014
People v. Garcia
Trial court does not commit reversible error by allowing two alternate jurors to sit in jury room during deliberations. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 13, 2014
U.S. v. Chhun
U.S. tax preparer, who led attempt to overthrow Cambodian government, receives life in prison for conspiring to commit murder overseas. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 12, 2014
People v. Canela
Robber receives 'great bodily injury' sentence increase for hitting pedestrian with vehicle while evading police officers by driving on wrong side of highway. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 12, 2014
U.S. v. Wilkes
Prosecution does not need to grant immunity to defense witness, who did not offer direct contradictions regarding scheme to acquire defense contracts by bribe. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 11, 2014
People v. Grewal
Internet cafes may not continue to operate ‘sweepstakes,’ where customers played games to win cash prizes, because those games constituted unlawful gambling. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 10, 2014
People v. Solis
Ex-boyfriend may not be convicted of two uncharged, lesser related crimes, stemming from attempted premeditated murder charge, for stabbing of ex-girlfriend. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 10, 2014
In re Butler
Board of Parole Hearings must conduct new hearing after incorrectly denying parole to murderer based only on lack of insight and parole plans. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 7, 2014
U.S. v. Bainbridge
Court may modify offender’s condition of supervised release to impose sexual deviancy evaluation, even if his underlying crime was not a sex offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 7, 2014
People v. Garcia
Gang member who fired shots at rival gang members evades sentence increase because prosecution could not establish gang’s ‘pattern of criminal activity.’ 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 7, 2014
Rosemond v. U.S.
Trial court must reconsider drug dealer’s conviction for aiding use of gun during armed drug deal because jury was not instructed on when he learned of gun use. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 6, 2014
People v. Fox
Trial court’s inaccurate comments about charged offense at pretrial hearing do not invalidate man’s exercise of right to self-representation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 6, 2014
People v. Canizales
Trial court correctly instructs jury on ‘kill zone’ theory of attempted murder, in case where two gang members fired shots into a group of rival gang members. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 6, 2014
Clabourne v. Ryan
Capital prisoner’s failure to notify state appellate courts of ineffective assistance issue during resentencing does not prevent federal habeas review of murder case. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 6, 2014
People v. Jackson
Murderer's conviction and death sentence are upheld although trial court required him to wear uncomfortable stun belt, which was unseen by jury. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 4, 2014
U.S. v. Tanke
Vice president of operations commits mail fraud by sending fake invoices to company to hide embezzlement, even if he sent them after stealing money. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 4, 2014
U.S. v. Perez-Valencia
Assistant District Attorney of San Bernardino County had all the powers of acting district attorney when he applied for wiretaps in absence of District Attorney. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 4, 2014
Gilbert v. Superior Court (People)
Prosecution may only access sexually violent predator’s confidential records to the extent that records related to his updated mental evaluation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 4, 2014
People v. Isaac
Court improperly imposes 'parole revocation restitution fine' because sentence did not include period of parole under California’s Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 28, 2014
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