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U.S. v. Gomez
Defendant’s prior sexual offense conviction cannot form basis for 16-level sentencing enhancement in current illegal entry conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2013
U.S. v. Cohen
Court properly increases defendant’s sentence because he lured patrons of charitable organization into buying false shares in for-profit company. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2013
People v. Lester
Police officers act reasonably by entering apartment looking for people in need of help, after receiving 911 call that there had been fight. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2013
People v. Reece
Under Criminal Justice Realignment Act, man convicted of nonviolent crimes is sent to county jail, rather than state prison. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2013
Schad v. Ryan
Murderer may not file second habeas petition to claim his attorney should have presented evidence of the effect of childhood abuse on his mental condition. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 7, 2013
People v. Cross
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 4, 2013
People v. Juhasz
Trial judge must give drug user another chance to enroll in drug treatment program, even if he twice squandered treatment opportunities in the past. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 4, 2013
People v. Valenzuela
Carjacker may not bring up his inability to pay a $10 crime prevention fine for the first time on appeal. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 4, 2013
People v. Mai
Defendant’s conviction for murder of California Highway Patrol officer is upheld because excusal of three African American prospective jurors was not racially motivated. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 3, 2013
People v. Jones
Juror who would not consider death penalty due to religious beliefs is properly excused at trial of defendant who strangled numerous women. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 3, 2013
People v. Maciel
Gang member who was involved in murders of five victims may not challenge death sentence based on right to seek advice of Mexican consulate. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 3, 2013
U.S. v. Liu
Founder of company that pirated software may not be found guilty of criminal copyright infringement if he did not know his actions were illegal. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2013
United States v. Castleman
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2013
U.S. v. Tosti
Man who had child pornography on his computer surrenders his privacy rights by voluntarily giving his computer to store technician for servicing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2013
U.S. v. Nickerson
U.S. has more than 70 days to prosecute drunken driver after reinstating charges, which were initially dropped because she was secretly videotaped in holding cell. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2013
People v. Jacobs
Lawyer adequately defends man in rape case where court would not have lowered sentence even if lawyer allegedly failed to argue for minimum sentence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2013
Navarette v. California
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2013
U.S. v. Laurienti
Stockbroker does not deserve special hearing at sentencing to prove he did not know about securities regulations he was charged with violating. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 1, 2013
People v. Valadez
Gang expert may give his opinion on whether defendants are gang members based on casual conversations with officers and other gang members. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 30, 2013
Stake Center Locating Inc. v. District Court (DiFrancesco)
Company may not force U.S. Attorneys’ Office to bring criminal forfeiture proceeding against IRS to get money embezzled by company’s former employee. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 27, 2013
People v. Sievert
Man who suffered head wound while resisting police officers cannot require trial judge to instruct jury that he was unconscious during altercation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 27, 2013
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
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