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People v. Duran
Felon who used false information on firearm application cannot be charged with attempted possession of firearm by felon. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 15, 2005
People v. Leon
Court may not impose restitution for economic loss caused by codefendant unless defendant aided and abetted in those crimes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 15, 2005
People v. Hawkins
Prosecution established corpus delicti for opening-or-maintaining offense by evidence independent of defendant's extrajudicial statements. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 15, 2005
People v. Nicolas
Defendant's murder convictions and death sentence are affirmed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 15, 2005
People v. Superior Court (Vidal)
Trial court must redetermine whether defendant is mentally retarded within meaning of Penal Code Section 1376. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 15, 2005
U.S. v. Smith
Defendant's prior conviction qualified as 'violent felony' under Armed Career Criminal Act. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
People v. Cobb
Trial court erred in imposing multiple enhancements. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
People v. Murphy
Motion to dismiss prior strike conviction does not have to be decided by jury. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
U.S. v. Wise
Court must provide notice before imposing condition of supervised release removing son from defendant's custody. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
People v. Morrison
Trial court did not err by excluding evidence of alleged drug dealing activity of victims' family. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
U.S. v. Lopez-Patino
Defendant's conviction under Arizona child abuse statute was crime of violence under federal sentencing guidelines. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
Mitleider v. Hall
Trial court properly found that prosecutor's reasons for peremptory challenges were race-neutral. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
U.S. v. Hamilton
Questioning of police officer at suppression hearing without defendant or counsel present requires reversal. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
U.S. v. Anderson
Government did not produce sufficient evidence to warrant conviction of defendant on bank fraud charge. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
People v. Renfro
Mentally disordered offender commitment proceedings cannot be bargained in plea agreements. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
People v. Looney
Defendants who induced mentally infirm person to execute testamentary documents are not liable for forgery. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
People v. Green
Defendant's attorney had priority to seized assets over victims who were mere unsecured creditors. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
U.S. v. Ramirez-Robles
Trial court committed harmless error in admitting defendant's prior conviction for possession of user quantity of methamphetamine. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
U.S. v. Mayfield
Allegation of prior felony that was filed during first trial need not be filed during retrial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 14, 2005
People v. Amwest Surety Insurance Co.
Trial court that failed to declare bail bond forfeited in open court lost jurisdiction over bond. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 13, 2005
People v. Guido
Specialized definition of force is not necessary to crime of forcible oral copulation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 13, 2005
People v. Bautista
Trial court erroneously bootstrapped current felony with gang enhancement for purposes of imposing second sentence enhancement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 13, 2005
People v. Sorenson
Sentencing court need not advise defendant of every possible statute under which he could be fined. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 13, 2005
People v. Christian
Defendant's guilty plea is invalid because he was not informed of his rights to confront witnesses and against self-incrimination 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 13, 2005
People v. Dominguez
Prejudicial error occurred in defendant's trial for murder when court failed to instruct jury on issue of complicity. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 13, 2005
People v. Minsky
Threatened imprisonment of victims' loved ones constitutes duress for purposes of various sex crime statutes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 11, 2005
U.S. v. Souza
Hawaii's Unauthorized Entry into Motor Vehicle statute can be assimilated into federal law for acts in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 11, 2005
U.S. v. Wilson
Defendant was not entitled to complete immunity for helping dismantle international drug conspiracy. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 11, 2005
U.S. v. Ameline
Defendant will be resentenced following changes to federal sentencing guidelines. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 2005
Illinois v. Caballes
Dog sniff conducted during lawful traffic stop does not violate Fourth Amendment. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 2005
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