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People v. Cooper
Prisoner who is convicted under voter initiative cannot have sentence modified by legislative act.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 13, 2002
People v. Loyd
Two or more offenses of the same class may be joined together unless party seeking severance establishes substantial danger of prejudice.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 13, 2002
People v. Basuta
Among other things, exclusion of evidence corroborative of defense theory was reversible error.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 11, 2002
State v. McNeal
Trial evidence was sufficient to support convictions for both vehicular assault and vehicular homicide.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 10, 2002
State v. Seek
Defendant was improperly convicted of bigamy without evidence of wrongful intent.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 10, 2002
People v. Taylor
Defendant cannot be convicted for possessing cane sword unless he knew that cane actually concealed sword.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. Adams
Defendants convicted of causing death of 69-year-old victim do not deserve sentence enhancements for elder abuse.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. Valentine
Instructional error of threatened 'hardship' was prejudicial and improperly considered by jury as form of duress.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
US v. McElhiney
Court's 'Allen' instruction to jury in defendant's retrial on drug charges was impermissibly coercive.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. Rivera
Prosecution required to elect which acts support counts of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. Honeysette
Trial court correctly instructed jury regarding charge of pattern of sexual abuse.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. Rodriguez
Defendant's double jeopardy rights were not violated by sentence of mandatory parole following probation violation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. Wright
Initial advisement regarding penalties is sufficient notice to impose mandatory parole for probation violation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
Opinion of Bill Lockyer
Intracardiac euthanasia may not be administered on conscious animals if animals may first be rendered humanely unconscious.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. Elliott
Jury instruction to view defendant's oral admission with caution is not erroneous.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. Elliott
Jury instructions to view defendant's oral admission with caution is not erroneous.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
People v. King
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2002
U.S. v. McPhilomy
Absence of permits from Bureau of Land Management, removal of stone from community-designated pit, constitute theft of government property.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 8, 2002
People v. Graves
Sentence entrapment does not exist when defendant enters a state plea while under federal investigation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 8, 2002
People v. Taylor
Based in part on finding of no prosecutorial misconduct, California Supreme Court upholds death penalty.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 8, 2002
People v. Williams
Trail court errs in denying competent defendant's timely request to represent himself.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 8, 2002
People v. Mack
Evidence obtained pursuant to valid investigatory stop is admissible.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 8, 2002
State v. Richards
Defendant who signed traffic citation with false name is liable for forgery.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 8, 2002
People v. Van Buren
List of violent felonies for which parole can be delayed may expand over time.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 8, 2002
People v. Duncan
Statute defining sexual assault by a person in a position of trust sufficiently precise to withstand vagueness challenge.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 7, 2002
People v. Williams
Violation of residential curfew is sufficient to support parolee's conviction for escape.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 7, 2002
People v. Gee
Inventory search of vehicle not pretextual when conducted prior to tow of vehicle after driver arrested for driving while impaired.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 7, 2002
People v. DiGuglielmo
Withdrawal of guilty plea denied where no showing of fair and just reason for withdrawal.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 7, 2002
People v. Jones
Withdrawal of guilty plea denied where defendant failed to show justification for allowing withdrawal.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 7, 2002
People v. Roman
Criminal defendant is not entitled to new sentence after district attorney issues directive advising more lenient sentence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 7, 2002