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Davis v. Hudson
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 8, 2000
U.S. v. Gutierrez
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 8, 2000
U.S. v. Jones
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 8, 2000
U.S. v. Frierson
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 8, 2000
Ricardo v. Ray
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 8, 2000
Williams v. Massie
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 7, 2000
Shayesteh v. City of South Salt Lake
Indigent has right to counsel when sentence for misdemeanor conviction is imprisonment.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 7, 2000
U.S. v. Wald
Smell of burnt methamphetamine does not establish probable cause to search trunk of car.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 7, 2000
Watley v. Williams
Appeal properly denied when alibi witness not permitted testify because attorney failed to properly notify opposing counsel of alibi witness' status.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 7, 2000
Sealock v. State
Guards' indifference to inmate experiencing heart attack violates prisoner's Eighth Amendment constitutional rights.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 7, 2000
U.S. v. Ruiz-Alvarez
When one conviction is reversed and others affirmed on appeal, trial court may resentence defendant without remand language from appeals court.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
Resnick v. Hayes
Prisoner's constitutional rights are not violated by continued confinement in administrative segregation pending hearing on disciplinary charge that is not sustained.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
U.S. v. Ramirez-Cortez
Blanket continuances not supported by adequate findings on record violate Speedy Trial Act.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
U.S. v. Harrison
Defendant's ongoing representation by attorney, although that representation began before indictment, invokes right to counsel once that right attaches at time of indictment.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
U.S. v. Wallace
Evidence wrongfully suppressed when obtained pursuant to consent of driver lawfully stopped for traffic violation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
Tuan Van Tran v. Lindsey
Under Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, federal court must apply clearly erroneous standard when reviewing habeas petitioner's challenge.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
People v. Brewer
Officer's attempt to obtain consent to search does not require Miranda warning, whether or not defendant is in custody.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
U.S. v. Wallace
Evidence wrongfully suppressed when obtained pursuant to consent of driver lawfully stopped for traffic violation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
People v. Gaio
Bribery offense does not require proof that payments be made in exchange for, or to influence, specific official acts.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
People v. Channing
Officer's observation of marijuana plants from outside the curtilage of defendant's home not a warrantless search.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
People v. Elsey
Entry into separate rooms largely located in different buildings constitutes separate burglaries.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 5, 2000
People v. Guzman
Prosecutor's comments about defendant's failure to testify are not harmless beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000
People v. Superior Court (Barrett)
Prosecution only has obligation to search for and disclose exculpatory evidence possessed by agency if agency assisted in criminal investigation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000
People v. Oldham
In drug case, father may consent to police search of son's room in apartment they share.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000
Eduardo D., a Minor
In juvenile court proceeding, crime must be designated on record as felony or misdemeanor.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000
People v. Russell
Car search is not product of unreasonably prolonged detention where reasonable suspicion exists to extend stop.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000
People v. Lasko
Killer who unintentionally but unlawfully kills in sudden quarrel or heat of passion lacks malice.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000
People v. Blakeley
When defendant, acting in conscious disregard for life, unintentionally kills in unreasonable defense, the killing is voluntary, not involuntary, manslaughter.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000
People v. Superior Court
Trial court erred in granting defendant relief without requiring he demonstrate prejudice by incomplete advisement.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000
People v. Spirlin
Possession of handgun is single act with single objective, thus making crime one indivisible transaction subject only to one punishment.
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 4, 2000