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People v. Williams
Act's definition of sexually violent predator encompasses requirement that offender has serious difficulty in controlling sexual behavior. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2003
People v. Crew
Conviction and death sentence for defendant who murdered wife are upheld. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2003
People v. Reynoso
Trial court's conclusion that prosecutor's exercise of peremptory challenges was sincere and genuine is entitled to great deference. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2003
Nulph v. Cook
Parole board vindictively increased sentence of defendant who was successful on appeal. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2003
U.S. v. Villalobos
Defendant who was not informed about prosecutor's burden of proof regarding drug quantity may withdraw guilty plea. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2003
U.S. v. Guerrero
District court must reconsider whether defendant deserves downward sentence departure for aberrant behavior. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 8, 2003
U.S. v. Riley
Because evidence did not support enhancement for possessing five or more means of false identification, sentence is vacated. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 7, 2003
U.S. v. Woods
Proof of specific material false statement is not required for mail or wire fraud convictions. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 7, 2003
Cockett v. Ray
District court was correct in dismissing defendant's confrontation clause claim as procedurally defaulted. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 7, 2003
U.S. v. Gurolla
Defendant who was not permitted to present entrapment defense is entitled to retrial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 7, 2003
Davis v. Woodford
Evidence of strangulation strongly suggests premeditation and deliberation sufficent enough to sustain first-degree murder conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 7, 2003
U.S. v. Ceja-Prado
Federal court may have lacked jurisdiction to hear criminal case involving alleged minor. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 7, 2003
U.S. v. Sanchez-Sanchez
Court must review discrepancies with regard to defendant's prior conviction and magistrate lacked authority to accept defendant's admission of supervised release violation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 7, 2003
People v. Superior Court (Feather)
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 6, 2003
People v. Morgan
Jury instruction doesn't have 'chilling effect' on deliberations, but does protect due process rights of litigants. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 6, 2003
People v. Valot
Juror was improperly discharged after court erroneously concluded she was refusing to deliberate. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 6, 2003
Jackson on Habeas Corpus
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 5, 2003
People v. Foster
Sentence imposing hormone suppression treatment for sex offender is not cruel and unusual punishment. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 3, 2003
People v. Allen
Court's failure to determine whether prosecutor improperly used peremptory challenges based on race requires reversal of conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 3, 2003
People v. Dent
Trial court erroneously denied self-representation request made by defendant in death penalty case. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 3, 2003
People v. O'Connell
Report prepared by drug rehabilitation director is admissible at probation revocation hearing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 3, 2003
People v. Reynoso
Trial court must make detailed finding of whether prospective juror was dismissed because of her race. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 3, 2003
People v. Smith
Convictions and death sentence for defendant who raped and murdered victim are affirmed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2003
In re Chavez
Appellate court was not authorized to relieve defendant from default caused by failure to timely file statement of reasonable grounds for appeal. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2003
People v. Nakahara
Conviction and death sentence for first-degree murder are affirmed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2003
People v. Perkins
Trial judge acted improperly when his questioning of defendant appeared to advocate People's position. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2003
People v. Maury
Information provided by defendant to anonymous hotline regarding crimes he had committed was admissible at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2003
People v. Adair
Appellate court must independently review record following trial court's finding of factual innocence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2003
In re Lucas
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2003
People v. Falsetta
City must prove in administrative mandamus proceedings that weight of evidence supports officer's termination. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 2, 2003
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