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U.S. v. Ma
Postal employee convicted of theft of undelivered mail properly receives sentence enhancement for abuse of position of trust.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 7, 2001
People v. Turley
No violation of equal protection where defendants entitled to different number of peremptory challenges.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
People v. Corichi
Competency hearing held fifteen months after trial did not violate defendant's due process rights.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
People v. Wright
Trial court violated defendant's double jeopardy rights by increasing amount of a restitution order.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
Washington v. Ceglowski
Evidence must demonstrate more than single isolated incident of illegal drug activity to sustain conviction for maintaining 'drug house.'
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
State v. Gill
Conviction for threatening witness based solely on letter upheld despite lack of jury instruction requiring unanimity of verdict.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
State v. Krajeski
Landlord and mother entering apartment own on initiative and informing police of stolen property, not acting as agents of state conducting illegal search.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
U.S. v. Crawford
Conviction of mail fraud only requires proof of defendant's knowledge that she did not personally own property obtained by fraud.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
Depetris v. Kuykendall
Excluding wife's testimony concerning her belief that she was in imminent danger when she killed her husband is prejudicial.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
In re. Wolf
Court errs in instructing jury that outpatient facility must agree to accept patient before court can order less restrictive alternative treatment program.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
U.S. v. Castaneda
Vulnerable-victim sentence enhancement isn't appropriate where factors that make victim vulnerable are usual for victims of offense.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
U.S. v. Taylor
Defendant convicted of transporting minor for purposes of prostitution need not know victim was minor.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
Flowers v. Walter
Prohibition against forced administration of drugs to criminal defendant is new constitutional rule that may be retroactively applied in habeas proceeding.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
People v. Covington
Photograph of victim's injury taken by physician's assistant at request of police are not protected by privilege, but are medical testimony.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 6, 2001
Christman v. Suthers
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Santillanes v. Lemaster
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
U.S. v. Gaddis
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Daniels v. United States
Prior convictions not set aside by time of sentencing under Armed Career Criminal Act are presumptively valid for sentence enhancement.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Lackawanna County District Attorney v. Coss
Prior conviction used to enhance state sentence not open to direct or collateral attack if defendant failed to exhaust all available remedies.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
U.S. v. King
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Thompson v. Boone
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Willett v. Smith
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Altizer v. Poppell
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
U.S. v. Teague
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
US v. Dwyer
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
U.S. v. Romero
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
U.S. v. Rivera-Avelar
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Morrison Knudsen Corp. v. U.S.
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Barnett v. Lemaster
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001
Mendez v. Brown
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2001