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People v. Anzalone
Commitment as a mentally disordered offender is improper when crime was committed without force or violence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
People v. Mendez
Defendants challenging legality of proceedings following guilty plea, must comply with all statutory requirements.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
People v. Roybal
Continuance to wait for expert, who defendant believed would testify DNA test was invalid, is properly denied.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
People v. Pelayo
Defendant punishable for rape by blocking escape and issuing threats, even though co-defendant committed penetration.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
People v. Oskins
To avoid criminalizing innocent conduct, violation of illegal weapon possession statute requires culpable mens rea.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
People v. Miller
Exigent circumstances for search exist where police return lost boy to home, find door ajar, and give knock-notice.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
United States v. Bee
Child molester may be forbidden to possess sexually stimulating material while on supervised release
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
U.S. v. Soueiti
Decision whether to order deportation of criminal defendant isn't a civil matter under Equal Access to Justice Act.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
People v. Montes
Conviction for 'penetration by foreign object on person under 14' is violent felony under 'three strikes.'
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 26, 1999
U.S. v. Nuno
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 25, 1999
Braun v. Elliot
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 25, 1999
U.S. v. Duvall
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 25, 1999
Gregory v. Palino
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 25, 1999
Wooten v. Boone
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 25, 1999
Wright v. Smith
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 25, 1999
U.S. v. Demeree
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 25, 1999
U.S. v. Mack
Federally licensed firearms dealer can't lawfully hold contraband guns, received from police, for more than a decade.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 25, 1999
U.S. v. Jones
Court's failure to make specific findings of fact to defendant's objection at trial renders guilty plea invalid.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
Berry v. Scafe
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
State v. Smith
Voluntary confessions made during transportation to police station after invoking right to counsel are admissible.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
Talley v. Martin
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
Doe v. Reno
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
Simpson v. Champion
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
U.S. v. Flowers
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
U.S. v. Lyles
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
U.S. v. Gordon
Mere possession of key to room in motel is not enough to entitle a defendant to a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
U.S. v. Mikaelian
State's failure to request downward departure from Sentencing Guidelines doesn't relieve trial court's duty to determine defendant's level of cooperation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 24, 1999
Harris v. Champion
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 23, 1999
Villanueva v. Williams
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 23, 1999
Walker v. Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma
Defendant competent to stand trial where bona fide doubt hasn't been raised.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 23, 1999