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U.S. v. Ma
Court's improper colloquy during guilty plea does not constitute plain error.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
Jennings v. Woodford
Prejudicial error found where counsel failed to investigate psychiatric evidence which could have been presented as client's defense during murder trial.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
Reynolds v. Cambra
'Apprendi v. New Jersey' does not apply retroactively.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
People v. Darbe
Self-defense instruction is not required to refer to defendant's exposure to domestic violence.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 15, 2002
People v. Barton
Defendant's due process rights were not violated where he was retried after jury failed to agree.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 15, 2002
People v. Belgard
Defendant is not entitled to additional reduction of sentence after trial court reduces mandatory minimum sentence.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 15, 2002
People v. Campbell
Different penalties for use and possession of controlled substances do not violate equal protection requirement.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 15, 2002
State v. Tarter
Numerous telephone calls and heavy traffic to hotel room within short period established probable cause to issue search warrant.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
Moore v. Schoeman
Habeas petition with unexhausted claims must be dismissed in entirety without prejudice or denied in entirety on merits.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
State v. Gonzales
Trial with biased juror and prosecutorial misconduct requires retrial.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
U.S. v. Tush
Defendant's stipulation prior to guilty plea relieved government of proving interstate commerce element of arson.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
People v. Wutzke
Defendant who lives with victims' grandmother as her husband and has grandfather relationship with victim is 'relative' for purposes of probation eligibility.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
People v. Hurtado
Legislature's failure to define 'predatory' in sexually violent predator statute is harmless error and warrants defendant's committal to hospital.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
People v. Hurtado
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
State v. Torres
Defendant's right to speedy trial was not violated, but he must be resentenced.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
People v. Acosta
One strike and the three strikes laws are not intended to work exclusively, but are schemes that must operate jointly.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 13, 2002
People v. Johnson
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 13, 2002
State v. Anderson
Defendant is guilty of intimidating witnesses even if threats were communicated indirectly.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 13, 2002
Johnson v. Champion
Defendant convicted of four counts of first-degree murder is entitled to conditional habeas relief.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 13, 2002
State v. Schinzel
Suspect in custody should have been advised of Miranda rights even though questions concerned unrelated crime.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 10, 2002
State v. Locati
Felon could not reasonably rely on permission from corrections officer to possess firearms.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 9, 2002
State v. H.J.
Redisposition of defendant's sentence did not violate prohibition against double jeopardy.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 8, 2002
State v. Khounvichai
Police officers received consent to enter residence and question juvenile suspected of malicious mischief.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2002
State v. Rohrich
Charges of child molestation that were brought years after alleged incidents occurred were properly dismissed.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2002
State v. Hardesty
Defendant incarcerated for probation violation must be charged for separate offense within 60 days.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2002
State v. Barnes
Conviction affirmed despite failure of prosecutor to file amended complaint with additional charge.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2002
State v. Rodgers
Insufficient evidence supported defendant's conviction for drive-by shooting.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2002
City of College Place v. Staudenmaier
Police had probable cause to arrest defendant who appeared to have been drinking and failed physical tests.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2002
State v. Mora
Defendants committed theft when depleting relative's bank account.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2002
State v. Gillenwater
Defendants were not entitled to deferred prosecution when they had already received it in past.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2002