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People v. Ramsey
Trial court must impose state and county penalty assessments upon $5,000 fine levied for environmental offenses.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 4, 2000
People v. Smithson
Due process does not require that ultimate fact finder, in suppression hearing, see and hear witnesses testify.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 4, 2000
People v. Thomas
Court has discretion to impose either concurrent or consecutive sentences in case involving multiple crimes.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2000
People v. Whitworth
Prior felony conviction admissible to impeach even though jury must make factual finding concerning conviction.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2000
People v. Rodriguez
California Constitution doesn't require jury trial for stipulation to evidentiary fact.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Sanchez-Patino
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Bussey v. A.M. Flowers
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Weiner v. San Diego County
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Madrigal
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Hernandez
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Bond v. U.S.
Law enforcement officer's physical manipulation of bus passenger's carry-on luggage violates Fourth Amendment's proscription against unreasonable searches.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Salcedo v. People
Expert testimony that defendant conformed to drug courier profile is not admissible as substantive evidence of his guilt.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Williams v. Taylor
Defendant's failure to develop claim's factual basis in state court despite diligence will not bar federal evidentiary hearing.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Williams v. Taylor
Defendant's death sentence must be reversed where his counsel failed to introduce mitigating evidence at sentencing hearing.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Edwards v. Carpenter
Ineffective assistance claim can serve as cause to excuse default of another habeas claim only if petitioner satisfies cause and prejudice standard.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 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 May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Vaughn
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Lopez v. Govitz
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Haugh v. Warden Booker
Transfer of proceeding to cure jurisdictional defect is unnecessary where 'peek at merits' reveals that defendant's claims are meritless.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Contreras
District court properly orders defendant's federal sentence to run consecutively with state sentence.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Juda v. Nerney
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Kilgore v. Hines
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Nolan v. Poppel
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Bredy
'Show-up' identification procedure, allowing witnesses to immediately identify robbery suspect at place where crime took place, is not unnecessarily suggestive and prejudicial.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Zanghi
Court must provide justification for decision to impose supervised release and home detention.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Turner
Patrol officer may record detainee's conversation without consent and use it to find evidence during involvement in law enforcement function.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Bazile
Judge can only impose sentence above minimum required if defendant is charged with other crimes that raise the offense level.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
Habteselassie v. Novak
To be 'properly filed' under 28 U.S.C. Section 2244(d)(2), post-conviction petition must merely be recognized as such under state procedures.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
People v. Johnson
District Attorney doesn't breach plea agreement when it refuses to administer polygraph test that defendant needs to pass for sentence reduction.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000
U.S. v. Zamudio
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 2, 2000