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People v. Miranda-Olivas
Police officer's statement about defendant's girlfriend, made to urge defendant to tell truth, didn't amount to coercive conduct.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 21, 2002
State v. Shepherd
Defendant convicted of drug possession failed to show he was providing marijuana to patient for medical purposes.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 19, 2002
State v. Pietrzak
Defendant's pre-crime statements may corroborate post-crime statements to prove homicide had occurred.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 19, 2002
State v. Perry
Multiple juvenile convictions for which defendant was sentenced on same day count as single conviction under former Sentencing Reform Act.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 19, 2002
Johnson v. McKune
Although Supreme Court ruling decided before defendant's conviction is final, ruling is not retroactively available on collateral review.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
U.S. v. Thompson
Indictment is properly dismissed where government attempts to prosecute beyond statutory time limit.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
U.S. v. Golyansky
District court abused its discretion in excluding Government's witness as discovery sanction.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Moody
Enhancement imposed upon 'Second Strike' offender for armed robbery was improperly calculated.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Mancebo
Sentence enhancement for personal gun use was improperly imposed when One Strike law had already been applied.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Moore
Substantial evidence supported defendant's conviction for attempted murder.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Castro
When legal necessity requires mistrial Double Jeopardy Clause isn't violated by retrial and Legislature may reduce conduct credits for murderers without voter approval.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Burgess
Legislative enactment adopting more restrictive formula for calculation of conduct credits doesn't require voter approval.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 16, 2002
People v. Castro
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 16, 2002
US v. Lujan
During sentencing, failure to object to indictment specifying drug quantity will not afford convicted drug offender reversal under Apprendi.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 16, 2002
Turner v. Calderon
Denial of evidentiary hearing to uncover potentially persuasive mitigating evidence for use during penalty phase was constitutionally ineffective.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 15, 2002
White v. Klitzkie
Federal habeas petition was barred by one-year statute of limitations.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 15, 2002
Fields v. Woodford
Juror whose wife had been kidnapped and raped may have been biased during murder trial.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 15, 2002
Malcolm v. Payne
Failure to file personal restraint petition under state law precludes equitable tolling under AEDPA.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 15, 2002
People v. Statum
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 14, 2002
People v. Ramos
Court may consider defendant's role in presenting perjured testimony in determining appropriate sentence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 12, 2002
People v. Welsh
Admission of pre-arrest silence violated defendant's privilege against self-incrimination.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 11, 2002
People v. Hall
Jury is not required to determine whether defendant was principal or complicitor regarding murder charge.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 11, 2002
People v. Gardner
Circumstances supporting aggravated sentence need not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 11, 2002
People v. Fernandez
Defendant was adequately advised of mandatory parole period.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 11, 2002
U.S. v. Walker
District court must explain reasoning and specify facts as to why it selects particular degree of departure.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 10, 2002
State v. Tousignant
Under Proposition 200, second time drug offender and user cannot reject probation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 10, 2002
In re Jorge D.
Court must decide whether juvenile who confessed in principal's office was entitled to Miranda warning.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 10, 2002
Guthrie v. Jones (State)
Breath-to-blood partition ratio evidence is relevant in traditional DUI cases, but not in per se DUI cases.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 9, 2002
Taylor v. Sawyer
Decision of Bureau of Prisons to deny prisoner's request for 'nunc pro tunc designation' was not arbitrary or capricious.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 8, 2002
People v. Spence
Good faith exception to exclusionary rule doesn't permit admission of evidence seized beyond conditions of probation search.
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 8, 2002